Post AUNkqgTNHiBluFsN0a by katestarbird@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #AUNkqdL6vynQBkzEDA by katestarbird@mstdn.social
       2023-04-05T13:35:13Z
       
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       For months, myself and my team have been the target of conspiracy theories that seek to undermine and delegitimzie our research and advisory activities around combating false and misleading claims about elections (I know, it's meta.. researchers of conspiracy theories become the focus of conspiracy theories.) A few weeks back we published a statement describing some of the mispercetions: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/03/16/uw-cip-election-integrity-partnership-research-claims/
       
 (DIR) Post #AUNkqf6eMiPvfUEhwu by katestarbird@mstdn.social
       2023-04-05T13:37:42Z
       
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       Early this week, we had outreach from a media outlet that included odd leading questions and mischaracterizations of an advisory committee I served on for the CISA office. It looks like their article has been published today. For transparency, I'm posting their questions and our responses: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/04/04/kate-starbird-cisa-external-advisory-committee/
       
 (DIR) Post #AUNkqgTNHiBluFsN0a by katestarbird@mstdn.social
       2023-04-05T19:13:31Z
       
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       Several of our colleagues are experiencing similar efforts that mischaracterize and delegitimize their research and/or policy work. Our sense is that this may be part of a larger attack on the "field" converging around the study of online rumors, misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, hate and harassment, etc. — and may be used to motivate reductions in funding and lead to reduced capacity for understanding and addressing these critical challenges.