A video of far-right radio show host Alex Jones is shown during a full committee hearing on "the January 6th Investigation," on Capitol Hill on July 12, 2022, in Washington, DC. - The House committee probing the 2021 assault on the US Capitol is examining connections between associates of former US President Donald Trump and far right-wing extremist groups at its seventh hearing on Tuesday. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
  • A professor at University College of London recently reported on the effects of deplatforming extremists from social media.
  • Research shows deplatforming has positive effects of decreasing hateful content from users who stayed active on a platform following the elimination of a hateful group.
  • However, as dangerous communities’ footprints became smaller, users would become significantly more extreme.