no-platform

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no-platform

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verb no-platforms · no-platforming · no-platformed

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....
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@misc{no_platform_2026,
  title = {no-platform},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/no-platform},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}