US EditionFederal Research Cuts Will only Make Misinformation Worse
- President Donald Trump issued an executive order to end federal censorship and cancel research grants on misinformation in 2024 and 2025.
- This action followed investigations by U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan and hearings in March 2025 alleging that the Biden administration censored conservative voices via misleading narrative research.
- Studies from 2020 and April 2025 show conservatives are more likely to share and be targeted by misinformation, while fact-checking reduces misleading content across political lines.
- Robert L. Beschta warned drastic budget cuts to federal science agencies risk ceding U.S. leadership in technology, stating, "we are not just cutting budgets—we are cutting into the future."
- Experts argue defunding misinformation research weakens Americans' defenses against falsehoods despite 95% recognizing misinformation as a problem and broad public support for fact-checking.
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Trump just made the problem of misinformation much worse — here's how
Research on misinformation and disinformation has become the latest casualty of the Trump administration’s restructuring of federal research priorities.Following President Donald Trump’s executive order on “ending federal censorship,” the National Science Foundation canceled hundreds of grants that ...
·Washington, United States
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Readers respond: A race toward scientific decline
Many Oregonians may not be familiar with Science, a prestigious publication highlighting groundbreaking research and discoveries. But the May 8 issue is one everyone should read, as it spotlights proposed budget cuts to federal research programs—cuts that are alarming.
·Portland, United States
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