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Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks. An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political ...
Research on ... Still, Trump and GOP politicians continue to demand disinformation researchers defend themselves, including in the March 2025 "censorship industrial complex" hearings, which explored ...
Abdo isn’t a misinformation and disinformation researcher himself. But he said the House investigation “is so sweeping that it is having a chilling effect on constitutionally protected research.” “I’m ...
Defunding research on misinformation and disinformation is, thus, the opposite of what Americans want. Without research, the ability to combat misleading narratives will be impaired. Advertisement ...
How Disinformation Research Came Under Fire Academic and industry support has retreated amid a GOP assault. Anna Merlan November+December 2024 Issue ...
Research on misinformation and disinformation has become the latest casualty of the Trump administration's restructuring of federal research priorities. Following President Donald Trump's ...
Most Americans believe misinformation is a problem — federal research cuts will only make the problem worse By H. Colleen Sinclair , Louisiana State University June 16, 2025 ...
Defunding research on misinformation and disinformation is, thus, the opposite of what Americans want. Without research, the ability to combat misleading narratives will be impaired. Advertisement ...
Most Americans believe misinformation is a problem — federal research cuts will only make the problem worse By H. Colleen Sinclair , Louisiana State University June 16, 2025 ...
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