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動詞

no-platform (三人称単数 現在形 no-platforms, 現在分詞 no-platforming, 過去形および過去分詞形 no-platformed)

1. (transitive) To deny (a person または organisation) the use of platforms (newspaper columns, speaking engagements, etc) to publish their opinions, etc.

   Synonym: deplatform

   • 2000, "Cliff Morrison", Irving judgment a political fix? (on newsgroup alt.politics.british)

     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....

   • 2012, Tom Winnifrith, Letters from the Chestnut Tree Cafe:

     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.

   • 2016, Mark Sweney and Jasper Jackson, The Guardian, 18 November:

     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.

Further reading

• No Platform on Wikipedia.