Dictionary

deplatform en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /diˈplætfɔɹm/ (General-American)

Etymology

From de- + platform.

Meanings

1. (formal, transitive) To prevent someone from using a platform to express their opinion.
   • There are only two rules on Parler, the “free-speech” social network: First, nothing criminal. Second, no spam. Other than that, you can post what you want, the site advertises, “without fear of being ‘deplatformed’ for your views.” 2020 November 12, Arielle Pardes, “Inside Parler, the Right's Favorite 'Free Speech' App”, in Wired, →ISSN:
   • “I didn’t bring a list of conservatives to denounce and deplatform,” Mr. Vance said, arguing that Mr. Kirk had welcomed debate. 2025 December 21, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, quoting JD Vance, “Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • Defame, demonetize, and deplatform is their M.O. 2019, Mark Dice, The Liberal Media Industrial Complex, Mark Dice, →ISBN:
   • Consider the decision of Facebook and Twitter to “deplatform” Trump after he helped inspire the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. 2022 March 8, Richard L. Hasen, “How Supreme Court Radicalism Could Threaten Democracy Itself”, in Slate:
   • The Western trend to deplatform or disinvite campus speakers, whose views are considered objectionable, is in full swing. 2017, Barry R. Harker, It’s Sunday in America, →ISBN, page 28:
   • In 2017, The Daily Stormer was at the center of a new effort to deplatform the extreme elements of the Alt-Right from the Internet. 2018, George Hawley, The Alt-Right, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125:

Forms

Antonyms

replatform

Synonyms

unplatform · no-platform

Translations (6)

ru деплатформирование (to prevent someone from utilizing a platform to express their opinion) · nl deplatformeren (to prevent someone from utilizing a platform to express their opinion) · ru деплатформинг (to prevent someone from utilizing a platform to express their opinion) · nl deplatformen (to prevent someone from utilizing a platform to express their opinion) · es desplataformar (to prevent someone from utilizing a platform to express their opinion) · sv deplattformera (to prevent someone from utilizing a platform to express their opinion)