Awful. Stanford Internet Observatory, a fantastic effort studying online misinfo & related topics, dismantled after "a sustained & increasingly successful campaign among Republicans to discredit research institutions & discourage academics from investigating political speech & influence campaigns."
House Republicans attacked the lab’s reports on misinformation and election integrity — and now Stanford is pulling the plug
Unfortunately, similar is happening in the whole world
GOP: “Stop observing all the awful shit we’re doing!”
Ironically the picture shows the right-wing think tank, the Hoover Institution (tower), standing proud and unimpeded.Ironically the picture shows the right-wing think tank, the Hoover Institution (tower), standing proud and unimpeded.