Not surprising that an administration that rose to power on the spread of bullshit and propaganda is terminating the funding of researchers studying these phenomena. We are just receiving word about funding cancellations re: existing grants to members of our team and our colleagues.
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Sean Carroll
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is terminating a bunch of research funding. Much of this is in line with the goal of making sure nothing gets in the way of systemic racism and sexism, but they also explicitly target research on "misinformation/disinformation."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
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And please spread the word.
The effect of (a large portion of) America's turn towards fascism is rippling through every corner of society.
When I feel bad about us (which is often these days) I try to console myself that probably no organization could survive this level of insider attack.