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The cancel‑culture variant of digitallighting, where the goal is to destroy a person’s public reputation and social standing through coordinated discrediting. Cancellighting involves fabricating or amplifying minor past statements, using them to paint the target as a bigot or abuser, and then rallying a mob to demand their removal from platforms, jobs, or communities. It combines the techniques of gaslighting with the architecture of public shaming, making the target feel both isolated and responsible for their own destruction.
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