Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks

[Dashinka 24,480]

I get it, these folks are elite and should never be questioned.

 

Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks

 

Facing litigation, Stanford University officials are discussing how they can continue tracking election-related misinformation through the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP), a prominent consortium that flagged social media conspiracies about voting in 2020 and 2022, several participants told The Washington Post. The coalition of disinformation researchers may shrink and also may stop communicating with X and Facebook about their findings.

 

The National Institutes of Health froze a $150 million program intended to advance the communication of medical information, citing regulatory and legal threats. Physicians told The Post that they had planned to use the grants to fund projects on noncontroversial topics such as nutritional guidelines and not just politically charged issues such as vaccinations that have been the focus of the conservative allegations.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/misinformation-research-is-buckling-under-gop-legal-attacks/ar-AA1h8NS8#image=1

[Pooky 3,780]

On 9/26/2023 at 6:33 AM, Dashinka said:

Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks

 

So, we’re stopping the funding for people researching ways to misinform the public? 🤪

[Dashinka 24,480]

6 hours ago, Pooky said:

So, we’re stopping the funding for people researching ways to misinform the public? 🤪

Sounds like it, at least at the university level.  I also found it interesting that these “researchers” seemed so miffed they would be challenged when figuring out ways to spread their own propaganda.