Great @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social piece by @alicemeadows.bsky.social about the assessment of #censorship by @researchconsulting.bsky.social in partnership with @defendresearch.bsky.social. Take a read, then take action to end this attack on knowledge! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/10/28/f...

From Anecdote to Evidence: How US Government Censorship is Impacting Public Health - The Scholarly Kitchen

With the midterms approaching, read about this timely report on US government censorship of research on public health -- the first to analyze the aggregated impact

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The patterns of harm from U.S. government #censorship are clear, thanks to the excellent work by @researchconsulting.bsky.social assessing those individual acts. We are proud to be a partner on this study, and are ready to help the community use these findings to demand an intervention.

LSE Impact@lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 8h ago

💥New | What 4,200 data points reveal about US government interference in research ✍️ @rschrobuk.bsky.social #AcademicSky #ResearchPolicy #ResearchIntegrity

Over the past 10 months we've worked with @defendresearch.bsky.social to map US government interference in public health research. Read the post below to discover what we found. It's not good.

LSE Impact@lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 8h ago

💥New | What 4,200 data points reveal about US government interference in research ✍️ @rschrobuk.bsky.social #AcademicSky #ResearchPolicy #ResearchIntegrity

Somehow after the “error” of taking down the No Kings page, it’s happened again to Angie Nixon.

Meta apologizes for suspending ‘No Kings’ Instagram account, blaming bot traffic increase

Facebook's parent company, Meta, on Sunday apologized for suspending the "No Kings" Instagram account, saying the suspension was caused by a high increase in traffic by bots.

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Angie Nixon@angieforfl.bsky.social · 19h ago

Hey Meta 👋 We are currently hosting a get-out-the-vote rally in Osceola County, home to a large Puerto Rican community, and our #LatinosConAngie Instagram page was suddenly taken down while we were actively posting content from the event.

The evidence of government #censorship and the consequences will continue to grow, unless there is an intervention. A new study from @researchconsulting.bsky.social and #DefendResearch provides analysis to help advocate for change! www.growkudos.com/projects/fro...

From anecdote to evidence: Mapping the impact of US government action on public health research – Kudos: Growing the influence of research

October 27, 2026 Report finds threats at every level of the research system, from tampering with the research record to conditioning funding and policing what researchers can say, and sets out recomm...

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Dorit Reiss@doritreiss.bsky.social · yesterday

"US vaccine recommendations are in limbo, access to vaccines is suffering, and some of the uncertainty may continue for years following major blows to vaccination by the Trump administration, experts say." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... via @melodyschreiber.com @theguardian.com

New Report: "From Anecdote to #Evidence: Mapping the #Impact of US #Government Action on Public #Health Research" (via @defendresearch.bsky.social & @researchconsulting.bsky.social) www.growkudos.com/projects/fro... #publichealth

Great to see @timeshighered.bsky.social reporting on the recent study mapping #censorship by @researchconsulting.bsky.social in partnership with #DefendResearch! www.timeshighereducation.com/news/legal-p...

Legal protection for research urged to prevent US-style ‘damage’

New analysis shows research remains under threat in the US as efforts to defend the system have focused on addressing specific harms, not changing laws

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US government #censorship of research creates harm at every level. A new study by @researchconsulting.bsky.social, in partnership with #DefendResearch, identifies these patterns of threat, so we can more effectively advocate to end these government actions. tinyurl.com/4aankxta

From anecdote to evidence

PRESS RELEASE From anecdote to evidence: new study maps US federal censorship of public health research October 27, 2026 Report finds threats at every level of the research system, from tamperi...

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Public data, stable funding, academic freedom: research depends on all three.Our new report with @defendresearch.bsky.social examines how US federal action is undermining these foundations, and what research organisations everywhere can do to protect them. buff.ly/AIEE70g

This is one of the most powerful depictions of health research-driven progress. No statistics required.

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 4d ago

Lots of people citing this one: HIV went from a death sentence to…undetectable and people get to live a full and healthy normal life!!!! I mean that’s amazing.

ICYMI: Political interference in science happens at the state level, too. This report outlines protections for research and scientists. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/pol... #Censorship #DefendResearch #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky

Safeguarding Science in State Agencies

Officials too often distort research for political gain. Legislatures and agencies can push back by establishing standards for evidence-based policymaking, protections for scientists, and executive br...

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A summary of the unethical Guinea-Bissau trial of the birth dose of HepB vaccine that RFK Jr. funded: -It was first reported in January and public backlash got it canceled -Or not, because it reemerged this month -It got ethics approval from a Danish review board, resulting in 4 people resigning

A great example of rapid, forceful pushback against unethical insanity from this administration. Not in our name! @standupforscience.net

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last wk.

RFK Jr’s unethical experiment on African babies is officially canned, thanks to public backlash driven by Stand Up For Science 🎉 ✊️ 🧵 🧪

Holy cow. The Guinea-Bissau offices of the two Danish researchers who were funded by RFK Jr. to conduct an unethical experiment with the HepB vaccine just had their offices raided and vaccines seized by the police. Great work on reporting this story once again by @melodyschreiber.com.

RFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau

Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns

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Rebuilding US research infrastructure calls for total reform that centers expertise, not politics. @27unihted.bsky.social and #MosaicResearchFrameworks are starting the work NOW. Learn more in #DefendResearch Nov webinar Register: tinyurl.com/defendresear... #DefendResearch #censorship #SciSky

“International students, full-time faculty and part-time faculty in particular—we were all feeling very vulnerable,” said Hank Kalet, a journalism lecturer and vice president of the adjunct faculty union. “So these protections became a central focus for a lot of our members.” #academicfreedom

Rutgers Unions Win Academic Freedom for All Unit Members

Traditionally limited to full-time faculty, academic freedom protections will now extend to librarians, postdocs and clinicians at Rutgers. But without accompanying job security, adjuncts could still ...

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Government information belongs to the public. Records survive while access vanishes. Preservation without access is storage. #Censorship #DefendResearch #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky blog.archive.org/2026/10/06/w...

Who Is Government Information For? Information Stewardship Forum 2026 Report - Internet Archive Blogs

Democracy’s Library exists as a project of the Internet Archive to make government publications and information broadly accessible and available. But Democracy’s Library is about more than collections...

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Same vibes...

The Covid Amnesia Project and the Plot to Erase 2020

It’s up to those of us who experienced the pandemic in the real-world to make sure that what actually happened in 2020 isn’t deliberately erased by sheltered disinformation agents who experienced

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Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org

Excellent student journalism on Penn’s ongoing repression of campus speech—and on the shared fight for open expression by AAUP-Penn, GETUP-UAW, RAPUP, @afscme590.bsky.social, @afscmedc47.bsky.social Local 397, and CIR/SEIU Local 1957 www.34st.com/article/2026...

Inside the Penn–opticon

In the wake of the University’s proposed Guidelines on Open Expression, students and faculty fear being silenced. The administration isn’t talking either. 

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At New College of Florida, books were dumped and gender studies shuttered. Students and faculty kept organizing. That's the fight for academic freedom. #Censorship #DefendResearch #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky www.aft.org/news/lessons...

Lessons from the frontlines of the fight for academic freedom

On Sept. 27, the AFT’s Higher Education division hosted a screening and panel discussion with creators of and participants in the documentary “First They Came for My College.” The event, co-sponsored ...

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NSF awarded just 91 social science grants in 2026—down 89%. More than 30 research areas got ZERO. This is a crisis for scholarship. #Censorship #DefendResearch #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky www.science.org/content/arti...

‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research

Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year

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NIH proposes withholding overall grant review scores. Scientists warn it could erode transparency. www.scientificamerican.com/article/late... #Censorship #DefendResearch #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky

Latest Trump administration proposal to change NIH research grant system draws scientists’ ire

One researcher tells Scientific American that the change would reduce transparency and risk politicizing the grant review process

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“We are facing an onslaught like we’ve never seen before. We need a movement that is wall to wall, every single worker, and coast to coast.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

This is immoral, and being done in our name.

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 2w ago

Good news Contrary to what the Danish researchers themselves are saying publicly, in fact the government and key health authorities in Guinea-Bissau have NOT approved this highly unethical RFK Jr-funded trial www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

“Every single one of us in this room has lost at least one year in our life expectancy because of the Alzheimer’s therapy, the cancer therapy, the diabetes research that will not be there when we need it because they closed our labs." –Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

University of Illinois tenured faculty restart unionization process in midst of Trump policy changes - IPM Newsroom

The Campus Faculty Association hosted a panel Tuesday focused on attacks on higher education, where organizers and heads of other unions pitched unionization as the way to fight back.

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I’m a public health voter because US public health is dying of RFK Jr. poisoning. Remember: not one Democrat voted to confirm him. Republicans in charge are either sitting by and letting it happen or ardently cheering him on.

ICYMI: Fossil fuel money helped weaken university independence, researchers argue. Their study traces decades of corporate influence on science. https://f.mtr.cool/07nh9pc7qx #Censorship #DefendResearch #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky

ICYMI: Cancel grants “for convenience”? ED proposes new power. Higher ed groups warn of politicized funding. https://f.mtr.cool/5i8lbcce74 #Censorship #DefendResearch #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky

Higher Ed Groups Bash ED Proposal to Allow More Grant Terminations

The Education Department received more than 5,500 public comments on rule changes that would allow the secretary to, among many other things, ax awards simply “for convenience.”

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