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The rise of ‘deplatform’ The Atlantic that social media had no choice but to suspend Donald Trump’s accounts. “Though they hesitated to moderate or deplatform Trump for much of his presidency, he’s pushed them to somewhat pointed action in the past several months,” Tiffany wrote. She also linked to an October 2020 article of hers, though that previous article did not use the word “deplatform,” which had not yet gained traction outside of social media.  Trump’s banishment from...

Out of ‘spite’ Donald Trump insists he won the presidential election, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary. Donald Trump insists he won the presidential election, in spite of mountains of evidence to the contrary. Do you read both sentences the same way? “Despite” and “in spite of” are both prepositions meaning the same thing: in fact, Despite and Associated Press Stylebook entry for “in spite of” says, simply: “ Despite means the same thing and is shorter.” Sign...