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> "Ultimately, I think right-leaning politicians want to ban deplatforming because deplatforming works and they have the most to lose from it." If deplatformin

> "Ultimately, I think right-leaning politicians want to ban deplatforming because deplatforming works and they have the most to lose from it." If deplatforming worked, the LGBTQ rights movement would have failed because they were kept in the closet. Deplatforming does not work, particularly in an era where "The 'Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."

BitwiseFool 5y ago
Censorship cannot eliminate an idea, but deplatforming succeeds with the goal of severely limiting the spread of ideas and controlling discourse. One can argue the Donald Trump has "routed around" being banned from Twitter and Facebook with his mini-blog on his personal website but that is nowhere near as effective of a communication tool as his old social media presence. I also assert that "The 'Net" of today is a much different one than that inspired John Gilmore's quote, as non-censoring alternatives to Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube have failed to gain much traction.