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May 1 2020 07:42am
This is a very good article on the success of deplatforming far right activists from social media: https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2019/10/04/deplatforming-works-lets-get-on-with-it/

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Facebook’s decision to finally act dramatically curtailed Britain First’s ability to spread hate and left it on small, marginalised platforms, with its following on Gab now just over 11,000 and similarly small – just over 8,000 – on Telegram. This has undoubtedly been a key factor in the decline of Britain First as a dangerous force in the UK.

Those who’ve been deplatformed on the far right have articulated how it has severely retarded their influence. Milo Yiannopoulos recently moaned:

“I lost 4 million fans in the last round of bans. […] I spent years growing and developing and investing in my fan base and they just took it away in a flash.”

He goes on to state how he and others have simply failed to build a following on platforms such as Telegram and Gab that are large enough to support them. “I can’t make a career out of a handful of people like that. I can’t put food on the table this way”, he explained.


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However, it is possible to value and uphold freedom of speech and expression while simultaneously calling for the removal of dangerous extremists from social media platforms. We must not confuse their right to say what they please (within the law) with their right to say it wherever they please: a right they do not have.


Now you know why you don't hear about Tommy Robinson anymore.
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May 1 2020 07:47am
Quote (dro94 @ May 1 2020 09:42am)
This is a very good article on the success of deplatforming far right activists from social media: https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2019/10/04/deplatforming-works-lets-get-on-with-it/





Now you know why you don't hear about Tommy Robinson anymore.


Oh no Milo can't make career out of avoiding work lol. Poor e-thot, maybe he will make an only fans page.

Its a good strategy. There is no reason programs of dehumanization ought to be given a platform.

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May 1 2020 07:52am
But you know young boys are still mature enough to take a large scale of decisions...
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May 1 2020 07:59am
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But you know young boys are still mature enough to take a large scale of decisions...


lol
where is cam to defend all this?
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May 1 2020 08:11am
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Oh no Milo can't make career out of avoiding work lol. Poor e-thot, maybe he will make an only fans page.

Its a good strategy. There is no reason programs of dehumanization ought to be given a platform.


But a fucking cunt like Shannon Watts can spew shit all day long trying to take away people's rights. No one bats an eye.
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May 1 2020 08:25am
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lol
where is cam to defend all this?


Probably busy selling 3 babies for the price of 2

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But a fucking cunt like Shannon Watts can spew shit all day long trying to take away people's rights. No one bats an eye.


'moms demand action' authoritarians !
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Probably busy selling 3 babies for the price of 2



'moms demand action to take away people's rights' authoritarians !


FTFY
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May 1 2020 08:40am
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This is a very good article on the success of deplatforming far right activists from social media: https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2019/10/04/deplatforming-works-lets-get-on-with-it/

Now you know why you don't hear about Tommy Robinson anymore.


How about treating far left activist exactly the same way. Serve those pricks some of their own medicine.
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But you know young boys are still mature enough to take a large scale of decisions...


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Probably busy selling 3 babies for the price of 2



'moms demand action' authoritarians !


damn son
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May 1 2020 08:44am
I think its both deplatforming and the related cancel culture. it's not just that taking them off of platforms loses them an audience, it's how cancel culture works. if u can label someone a racist or w/e you will trim off part of their audience naturally that is perhaps centrist or left leaning. then as cancel culture goes into full effect they dig up anything and everything about them which trims off more and more layers of followers. "you heard they said this, but did you know in 2005 they also said THIS?" kind of thing. deplatforming is the official mechanism, but cancel culture also has a major affect using hindsight amplification and pile on tactics.
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