Kate Starbird is a University of Washington professor and the main character of a recent 60 Minutes segment about the so-called spread of misinformation online. Starbird previously worked with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to flag purportedly inaccurate social media content for platform moderators, in explicit hopes that the platforms would remove said content. Yet she told CBS News that the real victims of censorship were researchers like herself, who face increasing scrutiny from conservative media and congressional Republicans.
"Are researchers being chilled?" asked 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl.
