The Washington Post's JosephMenn (npub1583…n8ql) has more details about Stanford University's cowardly and cynical closing of the invaluable Internet Observatory.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/14/stanford-internet-observatory-disinformation-research-lawsuits-politics/
The most important part of this debacle is the message it sends:
Right wing extremists -- possessing limitless bad faith, ample money, and subpoena power -- can silence essential research into the poison they and their deceitful cadres are injecting into our civic bloodstream.
Dan Gillmor /
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2024-06-15 06:23:05
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