Trump has cut more than $1bn in research grants including one area he thrives - online misinformation
Original reporting: Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation (New York Times)
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Source: The Independent
Trump has cut more than $1bn in research grants including one area he thrives - online misinformation
The crackdown on research into misinformation aligns with the view adopted by many Trump allies that conservative Americans have been censored online
Rhian Lubin
in New York
Thursday 15 May 2025 16:16 BST
The Trump administration has cut more than $1 billion worth of research grants, including studies that track online misinformation and harmful content.
Cuts into the grants looking to tackle the spread of online misinformation appear to stem from President Donald Trump’s executive order issued on January 20 that pledged to “restore freedom of speech and end federal censorship.”
The order says that the Biden administration “infringed” on the free speech of Americans “under the guise of combatting ‘misinformation,’ ‘disinformation,’ and ‘malinformation.’”
While the cuts are also part of the administration’s broader mission to purge federal spending, the crackdown on research into misinformation aligns with the view adopted by many Trump supporters and allies that conservative Americans have been censored online, according to The New York Times. No evidence of any of the studies suggested that was the case, the newspaper notes.
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-research-grants-cuts-misinformation-b2751733.html
Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-cut-more-1bn-research-151647023.html