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SMPA professor launches consortium to combat researcher harassment

Providing support consortium to combat researcher harassment

Inside Higher Ed

Researcher Support Consortium Launched to Fight Intimidation

To help scholars and their employers prepare for and respond to intimidation and harassment from outside their institutions

GW Today

The Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics Hosts Panels on Harassment of Researchers

The discussions at GW called for institutional and outside support to combat this growing threat to academic freedom.

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Biden, Harris net worth nowhere near viral post's claim | Fact check

The claim: Net worth of Biden, Harris more than quadrupled between 2019 and 2022.

Creators Syndicate

Refusing to Censor Speech Isn't the Same as Agreeing With It

Refusing to Censor Speech Isn't the Same as Agreeing With It

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Silicon Valley founders fight back

Hired hands, by contrast, are seen as "professional fakers" who often "drive the company into the ground,"

Foreign Policy

‘On the Edge’ Puts Its Bets in the Wrong Places'

Nate Silver offers a disjointed paean to gambling and venture capitalists.

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Harassed? Intimidated? Guidebook offers help to scientists under attack

Scholars provide tactics for responding to threats and abuse, but emphasize that institutions must defend their researchers.

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Accurately quoting Trump

In our last installment of the Public Editor newsletter, we answered questions about whether NPR was quoting the two presidential candidates equally.

New York Times

This Chatbot Pulls People Away From Conspiracy Theories

Chatbots would create a dire problem: As disinformation became easier to create, conspiracy theories would spread rampantly.