Cancel Culture on Social Media

  Cancel culture on social media alludes to a phenomenon that brings together both supporters and detractors. It refers to the increasingly common practice of removing the status or withdrawing support from people online, due to their offensive or alternative behaviors or comments. However, public criticism isn’t new. But, what is comparitively new, is for it to be done anonymously, yet possess such great potential and influence. For example, figures such as the British comedian, Maureen Lipman, are afraid to do certain types of humor for fear of being canceled. Whoever is canceled doesn’t just cease to exist on social…