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Yale Suspends Palestine Activist After AI Article Linked Her to Terrorism


Helyeh Doutaghi attended events sponsored by Samidoun, a pro-Palestine group subject to U.S. sanctions.

Yale University has suspended a scholar in its law school after a Jewish news website that uses AI to produce articles called her a member of a terrorist group. Last year, the Treasury Department added Samidoun to the U.S. sanctions list, claiming it is a “sham charity” that raises money for a terrorist organization, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Besides the fact that Doutaghi says she is not a member of Samidoun, she attended events it sponsored that support Palestinian causes, Yale Law School said the allegations against her reflect “potential unlawful conduct.”

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