Politically risky job–higher education research is–when academics study a subject that elected officials find problematic. Per the Washington Post: “The researchers who have been targeted study the online spread of disinformation, including falsehoods that former president and candidate Donald Trump and other Republican politicians have accelerated.” Read more here.
NEWS BRIEFS: Congress Investigates Faculty Who Study Disinformation
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