Story: Learn how social media contributes to cancel culture. Learn the process of being cancelled. Learn how to regain civility in our society. The practice of public shaming and silencing people has been around for a long time. It wasn't that long ago when tarring and feathering were used to put people in their place. Today we have the internet and are living more online than in the real world. Social media allows people to speak their minds with the cloak of invisibility. Voices once marginalized can now release their pent-up grievances in an open forum.