The Role of Institutions in Cancelation

<ns0:p>When we think of cancel culture, we usually focus on two parties: the target and the cancelers. However, the cancelers typically seek termination of employment, deplatforming, or some other form of public humiliation for the canceled, which brings into the equation the institutions that will respond to these requests. When an institution agrees to act on a canceler’s request, Collin May explains, it is committing an “institutional betrayal against the target.”</ns0:p>