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Misinformation expert says she was fired by Harvard under Meta pressure

11 points by azul_pensar 3y ago

incomingpain 3y ago
Looking up about her. I could see why Meta doesn't like her. A brief history. There has been a great deal of political violence in the USA in recent years. There was a brief insurrection in Seattle. Jan 6 was different only in that it was the other side. It was basically entirely Facebook every time. Hence why she's targeted? So for example one of her articles from a few days ago. https://theconversation.com/jan-6-was-an-example-of-networked-incitement-a-media-and-disinformation-expert-explains-the-danger-of-political-violence-orchestrated-over-social-media-220501 https://theconversation.com/jan-6-was-an-example-of-networke... If she's a misinformation expert though, she would know that the FBI has ruled that there was no insurrection because it didn't actually have significant orchestration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capito... Wikipedia now calls it an 'attack'. Others might call it a 'violent riot', others have other names im sure, that's not relevant. But more importantly, nobody has been charged with the actual crime of insurrection. Yet she goes on to say Insurrectionists 11 times. She is the one spreading misinformation. In my opinion she's an activist pretending to be a 'misinformation expert'
- screye 3y ago
  Trump derangement syndrome is real. American academia's obsession with rendering Trump ineligible to run for election on Jan 6 related technicalities is the latest version of that. That they do it in the name of protecting democracy is ironic, given the extent to which it violates democracy in spirit. In 2023, donors started threatening to pull funding for academic institutions in the face of some frankly 'deranged' activism. Add to that plausible accusations of fraud, the collapse of the DEI complex plus an adversarial Supreme court ....and for the first time, elite academic instructions feel a real sense of insecurity. The subsequent cleanups seen at elite media houses and top universities is a precautionary measure. They bit off too much too soon. They're going back into hiding with a pretty facade for a few years. Sadly for some on the frontlines, the vanguard had to be purged. Sucks to be them. In 20 years, someone will say the same things, make president and they'll be stuck shaking their fists at the clouds.
  - incomingpain 3y ago
    >Trump derangement syndrome is real. Clinton Crazies, Obama Derangement, Trump Derangement. Always a problem. Though not with biden? Democrats should work hard to understand why. Personally, Trudeau derangement definitely a problem for me. >That they do it in the name of protecting democracy is ironic, given the extent to which it violates democracy in spirit. The Republicans would be so much less stressed out if they just let the democracts choose who runs against them... lol. Anyway, not allowed to be republican on this website.

11 points by azul_pensar 3y ago

Looking up about her. I could see why Meta doesn't like her. A brief history. There has been a great deal of political violence in the USA in recent years. There was a brief insurrection in Seattle. Jan 6 was different only in that it was the other side. It was basically entirely Facebook every time. Hence why she's targeted? So for example one of her articles from a few days ago. https://theconversation.com/jan-6-was-an-example-of-networked-incitement-a-media-and-disinformation-expert-explains-the-danger-of-political-violence-orchestrated-over-social-media-220501 https://theconversation.com/jan-6-was-an-example-of-networke... If she's a misinformation expert though, she would know that the FBI has ruled that there was no insurrection because it didn't actually have significant orchestration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capito... Wikipedia now calls it an 'attack'. Others might call it a 'violent riot', others have other names im sure, that's not relevant. But more importantly, nobody has been charged with the actual crime of insurrection. Yet she goes on to say Insurrectionists 11 times. She is the one spreading misinformation. In my opinion she's an activist pretending to be a 'misinformation expert'

screye 3y ago
Trump derangement syndrome is real. American academia's obsession with rendering Trump ineligible to run for election on Jan 6 related technicalities is the latest version of that. That they do it in the name of protecting democracy is ironic, given the extent to which it violates democracy in spirit. In 2023, donors started threatening to pull funding for academic institutions in the face of some frankly 'deranged' activism. Add to that plausible accusations of fraud, the collapse of the DEI complex plus an adversarial Supreme court ....and for the first time, elite academic instructions feel a real sense of insecurity. The subsequent cleanups seen at elite media houses and top universities is a precautionary measure. They bit off too much too soon. They're going back into hiding with a pretty facade for a few years. Sadly for some on the frontlines, the vanguard had to be purged. Sucks to be them. In 20 years, someone will say the same things, make president and they'll be stuck shaking their fists at the clouds.
- incomingpain 3y ago
  >Trump derangement syndrome is real. Clinton Crazies, Obama Derangement, Trump Derangement. Always a problem. Though not with biden? Democrats should work hard to understand why. Personally, Trudeau derangement definitely a problem for me. >That they do it in the name of protecting democracy is ironic, given the extent to which it violates democracy in spirit. The Republicans would be so much less stressed out if they just let the democracts choose who runs against them... lol. Anyway, not allowed to be republican on this website.