Delete your profile, not people: comment on cancel culture

Geert Lovink

Delete your profile, not people: comment on cancel culture

Geert Lovink

Network Cultures (INC)

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Social media users can be forgiven for feeling dissatisfied. ‘Old media’ news, based on the perpetual celebrity comeback, has hit a conceptual impasse with new cancel culture. Geert Lovink calls for the renewal of social networking tools giving users a constructive voice.

Original language	English
Publisher	Eurozine
Media of output	Online
Publication status	Published - 4 Aug 2020

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