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Harvard To Shut Down Social Media Misinformation Project

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Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government said Thursday that they would close a renowned research institute that studied online misinformation in the coming year.

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This is the most recent turning point for research into social media's influence on American society and the political system.

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Since the year 2019, The Technology and Social Change Project has published research about the propagation of coronavirus hoaxes.

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As well as the methods of online incitement which preceded the January. 6 violence on Capitol Hill in the U.S. Capitol.

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The program will be halted because of a school policy which requires that a faculty member take charge of the project, Nancy Gibbs.

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The Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy was quoted in an internal memo shared with the reporters.

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