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The HBS hosts discuss so-called \u201ccancel culture\u201d and the panic surrounding it.

For some, \u201ccanceling\u201d is an essential tool of social justice. For others, it is a threat to free speech. In this episode, we try to identify what cancelation involves (de-platforming, boycotting, public criticism, shaming), what it doesn\u2019t involve (actual silencing), and just how common it is (not common enough to constitute a \u201cculture,\u201d we think). Is cancel culture itself evidence of a moral panic, or is there a cancel panic being manufactured by the canceled?

In 2014, the #MeToo movement gave a name to the (long-practiced) practice of \u201ccalling-out\u201d on social media. By 2015, \u201ccalling-out\u201d had already evolved to \u201ccanceling.\u201d Who are the cancelers? Who are the canceled? And how many different kinds of \u201cmobs\u201d are there on Twitter, anyway?

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