pushing official policy via deniable "private" distribution channels has been the SOP in the West for a long time. Perfectly valid assumption, especially given

pushing official policy via deniable "private" distribution channels has been the SOP in the West for a long time. Perfectly valid assumption, especially given this verbiage in the source article, which you can verify for yourself: "Durham University is calling on professors in the math department" The employer told employees what to do. The end.