Dan Gillmor on Nostr: Joe McCarthy and his vile comrades live again in sleazy people who are abusing the ...

Joe McCarthy and his vile comrades live again in sleazy people who are abusing the legal system to prevent researchers from examining and explaining the accelerating right-wing disinformation campaigns. The WashPost covered this earlier, but today's NYT piece is also worth reading to understand the threat to academic freedom -- and everyone's freedom: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/business/gop-disinformation-researchers-2024-election.html