Dictionary

no-platform en · VERB

Etymology

From no + platform.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To deny (a person or organisation) the use of platforms (newspaper columns, speaking engagements, etc) to publish their opinions, etc.
   • Afaics, "no platforming" has always had a tendency to interpret and expand the definitions of what is effectively to be censored, such that (just by coincidence, of course) only the views of those imposing it remain... unopposed.... 2000, Cliff Morrison, “Irving judgment a political fix?”, in alt.politics.british (Usenet):
   • Concerns have been raised over attempts to “no platform” speakers with views deemed unacceptable to segments of the student body, as well as attempts to create safe spaces within universities where criticism is discouraged. 2016 November 18, Mark Sweney, Jasper Jackson, The Guardian:
   • As in the rest of Europe the establishment won't allow the matter to be discussed openly because anyone who believes in limits is a racist so must be no platformed. 2012, Tom Winnifrith, Letters from the Chestnut Tree Cafe:

Forms

Synonyms

deplatform