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Disinformation researchers under investigation: what’s happening and why (www.nature.com)

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US researchers have spent years studying how conspiracy theories spread. Now they are accused of helping to suppress conservative opinions.

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[–] DevCat 31 points 2 years ago

This is apparently being led by Gym Jordan, the man who suppressed information about a close, personal pedophile.

Anything that risks putting the conspiracy theory-wielding political hucksters under the microscope or into the spotlight is being labeled as a conspiracy itself. It's always projection with this crowd.