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@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-09-10 17:16:49

FYI, there is still time to register for the #DefendResearch 9/15 webinar that will be focused on our project to surface the aggregate impact of censorship in public health and create tools to help strengthen efforts to fight back. Please help us spread the word! "From Anecdote to Evidence: Mapping the Impact of US Government Censorship on Public Health Research"

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From Anecdote to Evidence: Mapping the Impact of US Government Censorship on Public Health Research. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Since January 2025, public health and epidemiology research in the United States has faced funding withdrawals, data removal, and institutional pressure — but the evidence has so far remained largely anecdotal. In this webinar, Rob Johnson will present findings from a study by Research Consulting, undertaken with Defend Research, that applies a reproducible, AI-assisted methodology to map these impacts at scale. The conversation examines what the evidence shows so far, why moving from anecdo…

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-10-03 17:27:17

Government #censorship affects us all. What ideas will be flagged in an article you just read or wrote? Or in an historical text, like the 15th or 19th Amendments? Word Wipe, a new tool from #DefendResearch &
PEN America
built for

Word Wipe
Visit the Word Wipe site: https://wordwipe-research.netlify.app/

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-09-30 18:30:27

Don't forget to register for tomorrow's #DefendResearch webinar "Defending Academic Freedom in Texas and Florida: On-the-Ground Stories of Strategy and Solidarity" …

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Defending Academic Freedom in Texas and Florida: On the Ground Stories of Strategy and Solidarity. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Texas and Florida state governing institutions have engaged in longstanding attacks on academic and intellectual freedom at state higher education institutions, especially in areas related to race, ethnicity, and gender identity. Those attacks have been amplified by the current Trump administration’s attempts to censor research and knowledge related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), gender/gender identity, and critical examinations of U.S. history, and other topics. Despite this inte…

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-07-26 22:27:00

Register for our 8/12 (defendresearch.org) webinar with Professor Vera Kemp in conversation with #DefendResearch co-founder Sara Rouhi discussing “What Can I Really Do? Behavioural Choices for Scholars in Past and Emerging Autocracies”

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: What can I really do? Behavioural choices for scholars in past and emerging autocracies. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
What can today's researchers learn from those who have worked under authoritarian rule? Drawing on her experience as a scholar behind the Iron Curtain, Dr. Kempe will examine how authoritarian governments constrain academic freedom and opportunities for research, and normalize censorship over time. She will describe historical examples of scholarly behaviours under these conditions and discuss actions and structures that tried to safeguard the integrity of scholarship. About the Organizer: …

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-08-27 21:12:10

Stopping #censorship requires communicating the consequences. #DefendResearch & Research Consulting are tackling just that. Learn more at our 9/15 webinar: “From Anecdote to Evidence: Mapping the Impact of US Government Censorship on Public Health Research”

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From Anecdote to Evidence: Mapping the Impact of US Government Censorship on Public Health Research. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Since January 2025, public health and epidemiology research in the United States has faced funding withdrawals, data removal, and institutional pressure — but the evidence has so far remained largely anecdotal. In this webinar, Rob Johnson will present findings from a study by Research Consulting, undertaken with Defend Research, that applies a reproducible, AI-assisted methodology to map these impacts at scale. The conversation examines what the evidence shows so far, why moving from anecdo…

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-07-13 15:44:31

Two important #actions today: 1) Submit your #OMB comments; 2) register for the #DefendResearch webinar to learn how to fight

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Authoritarian Playbook: Risk, reality and opportunities to resist democratic backsliding in higher ed. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Universities are often among the first institutions targeted during democratic backsliding. From censorship and political pressure to self-censorship and coerced compliance, authoritarian movements seek not only to suppress knowledge but to reshape how knowledge is produced and who is permitted to produce it. In this conversation with DefendResearch.org, The Anti-Autocracy Handbook author Stephan Lewandowsky examines how scholars navigate increasing political pressure, assess personal and inst…

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-09-18 00:43:03

TX & FL are sites of longstanding attacks on #AcademicFreedom at #HigherEd institutions, esp. related to race, ethnicity, & gender identity. Register for the 10/1 #DefendResearch

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Defending Academic Freedom in Texas and Florida: On the Ground Stories of Strategy and Solidarity. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Texas and Florida state governing institutions have engaged in longstanding attacks on academic and intellectual freedom at state higher education institutions, especially in areas related to race, ethnicity, and gender identity. Those attacks have been amplified by the current Trump administration’s attempts to censor research and knowledge related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), gender/gender identity, and critical examinations of U.S. history, and other topics. Despite this inte…