Commentary
Soon after Tucker Carlson left Fox News, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), more commonly known by her initials, AOC, celebrated on social media, telling her followers that “deplatforming works.” Deplatforming, the practice of preventing an individual with specific views from voicing those views, might work for her, but it’s a disaster for broader society, according to a new peer-reviewed study (pdf).