Academia House Republicans attacked the lab’s reports on misinformation and election integrity — and now Stanford is pulling the plug Jun 13, 2024 — 12 min read Stanford University (Santonii / Unsplash) After five years of pioneering research into the abuse of social platforms, the Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down. Its founding director, Alex Stamos, left his position in November. Renee DiResta, its research director, left last week after her contract was not renewed. One other staf...