Demand that your elected officials fight censorship!
Sign the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government Censorship to publicly condemn and resist the censorship of academic research. Join over 4500+ signatories and share with your networks.
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"Scholarly/scientific research generates globally shared knowledge that serves humanity. The integrity and advancement of this knowledge requires that scholars can freely conduct, collaborate on, and share their research, and are freely able to examine and discuss the work of their peers. Government censorship and restrictions on terminology, research topics, or methods fundamentally compromise these scholarly endeavors and their integrity."
--Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government Censorship
Declaration drafted by:
Lisa Schiff (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3572-2981 | @lschiff.bsky.social)
Alice Meadows (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2161-3781 | @alicemeadows.bsky.social)
Catherine Mitchell (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-5684 | @camitchell.bsky.social)
Sara Rouhi (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1803-6186 | @RouhiRoo.bsky.social)
Peter Suber (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3577-2890 | petersuber@fediscience.org)