An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation and the quality of medical information online
GOP: We absolutely can not let people study lying liars.
Normal people: Why’s that?
GOP: …
Jimcarey.jpeg “BECAUSE IT’S DEVASTATING TO MY CASE!”
This was the intent of the inquiries.
However, I think the title is a bit misleading. I wouldn’t say the research is “buckling”. It’s definitely been a headache, and sure there are some people who would rather not deal with the ever-increasing death threats, but that applies to many areas of research.
The question is how they’re going to try and stop funding research into this. The research around this is especially important from a national security perspective, because it’s become easier than ever to slide propaganda into social media and news media. If you’ve got enough resources, you can likely sway elections even easier than before.
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Nefarious forces want us all living in our own alternate realities.
They’re not that numerous; its a bunch of billionaires who see that driving those alternate realities will make it easier to pick the pockets of the less wealthy