Kate Starbird, a prominent figure in misinformation research, has faced criticism for her efforts in censorship and control of speech on social media platforms like Twitter. She has been accused of flagging political opinions she disagrees with, leading to concerns about bias in her work. Despite her appearance on 60 Minutes, where she highlighted Twitter's limited response to her flagged misinformation, Starbird's actions have sparked debates about the balance between freedom of speech and combating misinformation.
🚨This week, Kate Starbird appeared on 60 Minutes, lamenting that 𝕏 only responded to 30% of the "misinformation" she flagged. In 2018, Starbird begged her Facebook followers to vote Democrat to hold Trump responsible for "corruption and collusion" and his "racist, anti-LGBT… https://t.co/pFkejT00IZ
If Kate Starbird is just an "academic researcher", why is the Department of Justice tracking which documents her university releases and whether they implicate Department of of Homeland Security's CISA censorship group? https://t.co/K0gRk9s9bU https://t.co/ewO4M3VffQ https://t.co/5jfKdAyz16
If someone claims to be a “misinformation expert” it generally means they are experts in spreading partisan misinformation while advocating for censorship of their opponents political speech Real experts have an IC, CI or nonpartisan scholarly background in intelligence history
Kate Starbird, the leader of a misinformation research group complains that twitter doesn’t respond to all her misinformation requests. https://t.co/GMfmzDUHV5
Many people in the censorship-industrial complex are good at concealing their intentions. Kate Starbird is not one of them. Here, in 2021, she says freedom of speech is "tilted in favor of misinformation." https://t.co/jojsTx5aAc https://t.co/JOTOxToqi3
Kate Starbird Led the Censorship Efforts Against Gateway Pundit in 2022 – Now Her Goal Is to Control Your Speech on X via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/aInOwe764D
well this is awkward. I’m also a misinformation researcher and haven’t had this problem. presumably kate was flagging political opinions she didn’t like (common among less talented workers in my field). 60 minutes should have called an actual expert. https://t.co/ywlQtSKSwK
Kate is a “misinformation researcher”. Predictable 😂They all look the same. https://t.co/EGkfNq8ULI
Comrade Kate Starbird played a massive role within the Censorship Industrial Complex in the Twitter Files. She continues to lobby hard for access to X to try & control what we can & cannot read or say without a hall monitor’s approval. https://t.co/d5aZDanAYa
She looks exactly what I’d expect a “misinformation researcher” to look like. https://t.co/knYKjMXSba