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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:15:42 -0400 (EDT)
Steven Lee Myers and Jim Rutenberg, *The New York Times*, 22 Apr 2024, via
ACM TechNews
Nina Jankowicz (pictured), former head of the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security's Disinformation Governance Board, has co-founded
the nonprofit American Sunlight Project, with the goal of fighting
against campaigns to undermine researchers who study the sources of
disinformation. The group was formed during a time in which prominent
researchers have been targeted with lawsuits, subpoenas, and physical
threats. The inception of the project reflects how divisive the issue
of identifying and combating disinformation has become as the 2024
presidential election approaches.