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Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean for Programmes, & Co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, UK
“I'm pretty [expletive] scared," one professor tells me.” From Financial Times reporter Hannah Murphy: “Trump has vowed to crack down on universities involved in misinformation research, or what he dubs the "censorship cartel" - e.g. by curbing funds to those that have "flagged content for removal”, or legal threats”
And they were so close to solving the problem...
Jon Brewer
3d
Gaslighting
Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean for Programmes, & Co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, UK
3dThis is inherently censorship of research, which is hypocritical and an asymmetric application of the legal system. Ruth Ben-Ghiat and others discuss this asymmetry in authoritarian-lean governments.