Deplatforming: A Political Aspect

The article is devoted to the consideration of deplatforming as a new method of digital control and digital cancellation culture. In the context of widespread digitalization of government policy and large corporations are faced with the need to adapt to unusual models of political and managerial decision-making, in which digital platforms and neuroalgorithmic tools for content moderation play a significant role. The digital power of media corporations is implicitly linked to network algorithms, which universally implement adaptive rules that are mandatory for all participants in network interaction. These rules are often restrictive. In this regard, from the point of view of practical policy, the issue of the application of digital deplatforming is important. The author provides examples of digital deplatforming, which show the ambiguity of using this technology. The article reveals the fundamental issues of deplatforming: who is deplatforming? what is being deplatformed? why are they being deblatformed? how exactly do they de-platform? is replatforming possible? As a result of the research, the author identifies the dominant.

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