PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DEPLATFORM ATTACKS, CANCEL CULTURE AND OTHER ONLINE DISASTERS M A R K E . J E F T O V I C FOREWORD BY CHARLES HUGH SMITH UNASSAILABLE DEFEND YOURSELF FROM DEPLATFORM ATTA!"S, !AN!EL !ULTURE # OTHER ONLINE DISASTERS MAR" E. $EFTO%I! !OPYRIGHT_ First published by AxisOfEasy Media, 2020 First edition. v1.04.1 AxisOfEasy Media is an imprint of VP Media 4243C Dundas St. W, Suite 405, Etobicoke, ON M8X 1Y3, Canada Text copyright Mark E. Jeftovic ISBN: 978-1-9992852-1-0 E-book: 978-1-9992852-0-3 All rights reserved. Contact
[email protected] https://AxisOfEasy.media Credits: Cover design: Ryan McMillan Back cover photo: Ian Paterson !ONTENTS Acknowledgments v Untitled "x Foreword x" Introduction x# Part I: The Battle for Narrative Control x"x 1. Freedom is a Two-Edged Sword 1 2. Invisible Men Are Not Welcome in the Panopticon 9 3. Cancel Culture Through the Ages 15 4. Does Deplatforming Even Work? 23 Part II: What You Do About It 41 5. “Own the Racecourse” 43 6. Always Promote Your Own Brand 47 7. Website Hosting 51 8. Blogs 55 9. Discussion Forums 67 10. Your Email 75 11. Podcasting 87 12. Ecommerce Solutions 89 13. Bad Revenue Models 93 14. Good Revenue Models 105 15. Securing Your Domain Names 111 16. Backing it All Up 137 17. Alternative Platforms 141 18. Epilogue 147 About the Author 149 Appendix A: Selected Writings 151 First They Came for the File Sharing Domains 153 The Cultural Purge Will Not Be Televised 157 A Heretic’s Guide to Deplatforming 171 Appendix B: Selected Resources 181 Notes 183 A!"NOWLEDGMENTS_ A lot of people helped me with this book and I’d like to take this opportunity to mention them in no particular order: Sieg Pedde, Osama Arafat , Jim Carroll and Jesse Hirsh all read initial drafts and helped me flesh it out.