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Misinformation expert says she was fired by Harvard under Meta pressure (www.theguardian.com)
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Misinformation expert says she was fired by Harvard under Meta pressure::Joan Donovan says funding was cut off for criticizing Meta when university was receiving $500m from Mark Zuckerberg’s charity

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 50 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The irony of getting rid of someone for researching disinformation bcz it makes their donor look bad...

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's not ironic, it's just very blatant.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's the very definition of ironic

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

You're absolutely right, he said, deploying the subcategory of irony known as sarcasm.