[Air-L] New article: Can academic freedom survive Donald Trump’s plans for thought control?

[Dr. Emma Briant]

Dear Colleagues,

What does Trump have planned for education? An unprecedented attack on
knowledge and speech with chilling implications for academic freedom, not
just in the US but globally. In my new article for Index on Censorship
<https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/academic-freedom-survive-donald-trump-plans-thought-control-universities-colleges-education/>,
I
discuss what I see as the role of surveillant AI-driven education in
Trump's plans to remove power from universities and punish so-called “woke”
ideology. I propose an urgent response to the threat these plans pose for
the United States - and the rest of the world. I hope you find it an
insightful read, we need to fight back.

You can also listen to me discuss this issue with Kate Carruthers in the
latest data revolution podcast
<https://datarevolution.tech/2024/12/emma-briant/> and I'll be speaking
with Andrea Chalupa about this and my new book The Routledge Handbook of
the Influence Industry
<https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-the-Influence-Industry/Briant-Bakir/p/book/9781032188997>
(co-edited with Vian Bakir) on the Gaslit Nation podcast
<https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gaslit-nation/id1400926647> on 30
December.

Thanks for your interest.

Best wishes for the holidays,
Emma

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Dr Emma L Briant

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