Rep. Jim Jordan Issues Sweeping Information Requests to Universities Researching Disinformation

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Republican Rep. Jim Jordan Issues Sweeping Information Requests to Universities Researching Disinformation

What the actual Fuck.

In the letters, Jordan asserted that the schools may have contributed to the Biden administration’s “censorship regime by advising on so-called misinformation.”

House Republicans have sent letters to at least three universities and a think tank requesting a broad range of documents related to what it says are the institutions' contributions to the Biden administration’s “censorship regime.”

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They cover an investigation into how “certain third parties, including organizations like yours, may have played a role in this censorship regime by advising on so-called ‘misinformation,’” according to a copy of one of the letters obtained by ProPublica.

The committee requested documents and information dating back to January 2015 between any “employee, contractor, or agent of your organization” and the federal government or social media organizations pertaining to the moderation of social media content. ProPublica confirmed the requests went to Stanford University, the University of Washington, Clemson University and the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

The letters have prompted a wave of alarm among those in the field that the congressional inquiry itself, no matter what it finds, will lead universities to pull back on this research just as the 2024 election gets underway. “Recent efforts definitely have a chilling effect on the community of experts across academia, civil society and government built up to understand broader online harms like harassment, foreign influence and — yes — disinformation,” Graham Brookie, who leads studies in this area at the Atlantic Council, told ProPublica.

https://www.propublica.org/article/jim-jordan-disinformation-subpoena-universities

[Kid Berwyn]

1. The Representative from News Corpse.

Nice “look,” Gym.

[PJMcK]

2. Every request from the Republicans should be the same response

Thank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately, you don’t have any jurisdiction to interfere with our important work. Have a nice day.

[Phoenix61]

3. Exactly. nt

[barbaraann]

4. Great article about disinformation posted recently on DU.

The Disinformation Factory
Or why the world’s gone mad.

Any society relies on shared realities to be able to function, and lately ours has begun to fracture. A rift has appeared, and people are inhabiting entirely alternative realities, which makes it hard to get anything done. It’s a divide which has been steadily worsening over time, but seems to have lurched precipitously around 2016, and been blown wide open in 2020. So today we’re going to look at some of the people and networks responsible for some of the lies that have caused so much chaos. First we’ll cover the historical context of Weaponised Conspiracies, and the role they have played in politics over the years, particularly leading up to the 2016 election, with movements like #pizzagate. Then we will look at the evidence for who was actually behind the Qanon phenomenon, its connection to COVID conspiracies and the attempt to overturn the election, and the implications of it all for the future.
...
https://daniel-ed-morrison.medium.com/the-whole-history-of-weaponised-unreality-1c2f987bcbed

[Sane1]

5. Jim Jordan Expose

Whatever happened to the Documentary George Clooney was involved with making about Jim Jordan's role in sexually abused college athletes??

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6. Still in Production... no completion date posted on IMDB

[Harker]

7. It's the weaponization of government.

If you merely pay a bit of attention, they'll tell you what they're doing.

[TeamProg]

8. These schools aren't simply made up of liberals. There will be backlash. nt