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The Stanford Internet Observatory, a misinformation research center, is effectively shutting down after political pressure and ongoing lawsuits have made it difficult to keep operating.The group researched several issues discussed widely online, most notably election and vaccine misinformation, and jointly operated the Election Integrity Partnership with the University of Washington. The Supreme Court will soon rule on a case known asThe group has been a longtime target of Republican lawmakers.
led by saying the Observatory “published some of the most influential analysis of the spread of false information on social media during elections.”referred to the Observatory as studying “so-called online misinformation” and framed its coverage through the House Judiciary Committee’s report.
Just three staffers remain at the Observatory, and they will either leave or find roles at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center, which is absorbing what remains of the program, according to eight people familiar with the developments, some of whom spoke on the...The Stanford Internet Observatory, a small but prominent research group studying abuse on social media platforms, looks to be in crisis, according to a report by Platformer.
Some key staff have departed recently, including founding director Alex Stamos and research director Renée DiResta, Platformer reports. A handful of staff have left recently after not having their contracts renewed, and other members have been told to look for other jobs. Platformer describes the turmoil as a “dismantling” of the research group.
In a report released in November, the House Judiciary Committee and its Weaponization Select Subcommittee found that researchers working for a partnership between the observatory and the University of Washington — the Election Integrity Partnership — had worked with federal officials and social-media companies to violate the free-speech rights of conservatives.
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