In a legal campaign, GOP lawmakers accuse Wikimedia, Graphika, universities, and others of colluding with the government to suppress conservative speech online
A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics. Twitter: @anneapplebaum , @jswatz , @mattsteinglass , @mollyjongfast , and @mtaibbi Forums: r/politics , r/NewsOfTheStupid , r/law , and r/moderatepolitics Twitter: Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum : Other ways to headline this story: “Republican groups seek to make it easier to spread false information in advance of the 2024 elections” or else just “Republican groups organize assault on academic freedom” https://www.nytimes.com/... John Schwartz / @jswatz : “I think it's quite obviously a cynical — and I would say wildly partisan — attempt to chill research,” said Jameel Jaffer, the executive director of Columbia University's Knight First Amendment Institute. https://www.nytimes.com/... Matt Steinglass / @mattsteinglass : People who spread lies online want to censor people who track how they spread lies online https://www.nytimes.com/... Molly Jong-fast / @mollyjongfast : But why? It's a mystery! https://www.nytimes.com/... Matt Taibbi / @mtaibbi : Nice of NYT's Sheera Frenkel to complain about Twitter Files reporting without mentioning she'd been a focus of some of that reporting. Also, the piece conveniently leaves out the non-GOP researchers filing FOIA requests about these groups. https://www.nytimes.com/... Forums: r/politics : G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election r/NewsOfTheStupid : G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election. A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks … r/law : G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election. [ A legal campaign... r/moderatepolitics : G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election