#deplatforming has one more critical aspect: it takes hate speech out of the mainstream and puts it back it to the free speech niche where it belongs. Most people derive their baseline for what is "acceptable" from how widely and easily it's available.

"deplatforming does hurt online communities even if they pop back up afterwards" https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614081/cloudflare-8chan-deplatforming-hate-speech-online-extremism-politics/