Trial by Internet : a millian analysis of cancel culture

• Main Author: Yew, Ming Jie
• Other Authors: Christopher Holman
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science::Political theory
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150062
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Singapore’s 2020 General Elections saw a new candidate from the incumbent party withdraw, after allegations against his character surfaced on social media. This act of boycotting or deplatforming notable figures through social media has come to be known as cancel culture, a term which has been gaini...