A prominent disinformation scholar has accused Harvard University of dismissing her to curry favor with Facebook and its current and former executives in violation of her right to free speech.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Ousted propaganda scholar Joan Donovan accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta
In a whistleblower complaint, she breaks her silence over events that unsettled other misinformation researchers
By Joseph Menn
December 4, 2023 at 6:01 a.m. EST