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The American Sunlight Project which coined the term "AI grooming" and is the reference for this article should be familiar to many:

> The American Sunlight Project is a left-of-center organization that seeks to counter what it considers “disinformation” online.

> Founded in 2024 by former Biden administration “disinformation czar” Nina Jankowicz, the organization supports President Joe Biden’s claim that modern people live in the age of disinformation, advances the idea that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to benefit then-Republican candidate Donald Trump, and conducts open-source investigations to undermine those who challenge disinformation researchers.

From: https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/american-sunlight-...

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> CRC was founded in 1984 by Willa Johnson, former senior vice president of The Heritage Foundation, deputy director of the Office of Presidential Personnel in the first term of the Reagan administration, and a legislative aide in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Journalist and author Marvin Olasky previously served as a senior fellow at CRC.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Research_Center

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I think a right wing think tank isn’t a unbiased watcher of left projects

> Welcome to CRC’s work-in-progress, InfluenceWatch.

>Capital Research Center conceived of this project after identifying a need for more fact-based, accurate descriptions of all of the various influencers of public policy issues.

>The Capital Research Center (CRC) was founded in 1984 by Willa Johnson to “study non-profit organizations, with a special focus on reviving the American traditions of charity, philanthropy, and voluntarism.

Prior to founding CRC, Willa Johnson had been Senior Vice President of the Heritage Foundation, then worked as deputy director of the Office of Presidential Personnel in the first Reagan Administration, and as a legislative aide in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.

The Capital Research Center has expressed concern that “Many charities and foundations now urge lawmakers to expand the powers of the welfare state, regulate the economy and limit individual freedoms.

As part of the conservative campaign to ‘Defund the left‘ the Capital Research Center produces a range of publications targeting foundations, unions and activist groups that it views as supporting liberal causes.

From https://www.desmog.com/capital-research-center/

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That’s an interesting resource:

> In an interview with CNN in April 2024, American Sunlight Project executive director Nina Jankowicz claimed that investigations into so-called disinformation researchers make the U.S. less safe. 14 Shortly after the organization was launched in April 2024, Jankowicz sent a letter to U.S. Representatives Jim Jordan (R-OH), James Comer (R-KY), and Dan Bishop (R-NC) claiming that they have “done little to improve the health of our information environment” since the 2016 presidential election. 15 16 The group also alleged that they intimidated disinformation researchers through the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government 2 and that Jordan, Comer, and Bishop’s actions have led to federal agencies doing less to censor online speech in the name of disinformation. 17

Ah yes, the answer to bad -think is to censor it using the federal government.