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Most Americans believe misinformation is a problem — federal research cuts will only make the problem worse
The Trump administration canceled hundreds of grants it said amounted to federal censorship, implying that those conducting misinformation research are enemies of the First Amendment. This isn’t true.
Trump’s executive order claims that the Biden administration used research on misleading narratives to limit social media companies’ free speech. The misleading information about censorship and bias has been repeated so much through the media and from political leaders, as evident in Trump’s executive order, that many Republicans believe it’s true. Similar anecdotal attacks are used to try to dismiss fact-checkers, whose conclusions can identify and discredit disinformation, leading to its tagging or removal from social media.
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