{"id":1262922,"date":"2023-04-29T19:10:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T23:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/aoc-is-wrong-deplatforming-never-works\/1262922\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T19:10:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T23:10:09","slug":"aoc-is-wrong-deplatforming-never-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/aoc-is-wrong-deplatforming-never-works\/1262922\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Is Wrong – Deplatforming Never Works"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AOC Is Wrong – Deplatforming Never Works<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by John Mac Ghlionn via The Epoch Times,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Soon after Tucker Carlson left Fox News, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, more commonly known by her initials AOC, celebrated on\u00a0social media<\/a>, telling her followers that \u201cdeplatforming works.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.@AOC<\/a> on @TuckerCarlson<\/a>: \u201cDeplatforming works and it is important.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/AZZj0wd3S9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Donna, Independent \ud83c\udf3a\ud83d\uddfd\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u23f3 (@TruthFreedomPe1) April 25, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Deplatforming, the practice of preventing an individual with specific views from voicing those views, might work for her, but it\u2019s a disaster for broader society, according to a new peer-reviewed study (pdf<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The research, carried out by four esteemed cyber experts, warns that deplatforming regularly backfires, because it creates a sense of deep-seated resentment, driving the disenchanted and disillusioned to seek out \u201calternative platforms where these discussions are less regulated and often more extreme.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this particular study, the researchers analyzed changes in social media usage following the \u201cGreat Deplatforming\u201d of 2021. For the uninitiated, the \u201cGreat Deplatforming\u201d occurred shortly after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Following the event, a number of major platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, banned thousands of accounts. Ostensibly, as the researchers note, this was done to \u201climit misinformation about voter fraud and suppress calls for violence.\u201d However, other less regulated platforms like Parler and BitChute were quick to give the homeless a home. In this age of maximum choice, with no shortage of alternative social media platforms, deplatforming is an ineffective tool. It\u2019s the equivalent of taking a soup spoon to a knife fight. You simply can\u2019t make people with alternative points of view disappear. These people will almost always find new homes.<\/p>\n

One of the authors of the study, Martin Innes, a professor of crime, intelligence, and security at Cardiff University, told me that \u201cdeplatforming can have complex effects and not always those that are intended, including boosting the popularity of the target.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Furthermore, \u201cdeplatforming can actually increase the toxicity of discourse and make the problems worse on the platform that people migrate to.\u201d<\/p>\n

In truth, he added, deplatforming tends to just displace the problem, not actually solve it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Innes and his colleagues note in the paper, contrary to popular belief, deplatforming is not \u201can effective tool for reducing the impact of malign actors on the public.\u201d In fact, they contend, \u201cdeplatforming is ineffective at improving the information space,\u201d simply because \u201cbanned actors can migrate to less regulated platforms, potentially promoting even more radical ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

These findings echo the findings of other research papers. In 2021, Innes was part of\u00a0another study<\/a>\u00a0that examined the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of deplatforming. Innes and his co-author coined the term \u201cminion accounts\u201d to describe how, following a \u201cde-platforming intervention,\u201d a number of secondary accounts are established to \u201ccontinue the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to the creation of \u201cminion accounts,\u201d Andrew Tate, a man I have\u00a0discussed in great detail<\/a>\u00a0elsewhere, is a shining example of the ineffectiveness of deplatforming. <\/strong>When he was unceremoniously booted off the Holy Quadrinity\u2014YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok\u2014last year, a whole host of fake accounts, powered by real people and\u00a0tireless bots<\/a>, quickly popped up, helping to keep the Tate-fueled fire burning.<\/p>\n

Those in charge would have us believe that deplatforming is for our own good, that it\u2019s a tool designed to curb the spread of disinformation. However, one could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. Deplatforming is, first and foremost, a form of social control. It\u2019s designed to amplify certain narratives and silence others, perhaps explaining why AOC, a controversial individual with a very\u00a0strict set of beliefs<\/a>, appears to be such a fan of the practice.<\/p>\n

All of this brings us back to Tucker Carlson, a man who won\u2019t (and can\u2019t) be silenced. <\/strong>Carlson is, in many ways, bigger than Fox News. He\u2019s a brand, a celebrity, a highly bankable star. One needn\u2019t possess more than a few functioning neurons to know that Carlson is going to be OK. In fact, because of his ouster, he has never been in a stronger position. Carlson is more marketable now than ever before.<\/p>\n

Where will he go next? Rumble, perhaps. The remarkably popular online video platform service gives content makers a great degree of freedom. Russell Brand, one of the most popular public intellectuals in existence, is Rumble\u2019s biggest asset. He\u00a0currently boasts<\/a>\u00a0more than 1 million followers. Adding Carlson to its ever-expanding family would boost Rumble\u2019s profile. It would also give Carlson a platform to continue preaching his rather unique gospel. The provocateur extraordinaire will be back. Watch this space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 04\/29\/2023 – 22:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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