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fromFast Company
1 day ago

The U.S. is now blocking visas for people who fight misinformation

U.S. embassies were instructed to reject work visas for applicants with professional histories in misinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, and related Trust and Safety roles.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Carter: Presidents can't sue their way out of criticism

There's a certain irony in the fact that President Donald Trump announced his silly $15 billion defamation suit against The New York Times scant days after a federal appellate court dismissed a similar claim against Fox News. That lawsuit was filed by Nina Jankowicz, the former head of the Biden administration's short-lived Disinformation Governance Board. The lawsuits suffer from a common defect: They seek to turn hyperbolic criticism of a government official into grounds for civil damages.
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