US Pressures Diplomats to Withdraw

Scholar power: 138.5%

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Political science 57%, Communication & Media Studies 29%, Sociology 9%, Law 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Cas Mudde	64%	51	137.1%
🎓 Marini Marini	5%	8	1.4%
Total			138.5%

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Cas Mudde

@casmudde.bsky.social

The President of the U.S. lies on a daily basis, but you cannot call the U.S. a spreader of “disinformation”?

Cowardly behavior of EUropean countries and Canada, which again shows that their campaigns against “disinformation” are deeply flawed.

EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request

Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website

www.theguardian.com

October 8, 2026 at 11:37 AM

by Anita Gohdes

41%

Scholar power: 41.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 57%, Communication & Media Studies 29%, Sociology 9%, Law 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Anita Gohdes	36%	15	41.8%

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Anita Gohdes

@argohdes.bsky.social

This image says more than a 1000 words. Abysmal to see countries bowing to US pressure to withdraw from sponsoring a conference on disinformation.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

October 8, 2026 at 11:55 AM

by Michael Shellenberger

9%

Scholar power: 9.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 57%, Communication & Media Studies 29%, Sociology 9%, Law 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael Shellenberger	11%	9	9.9%

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Reposted by David J. Galbreath

29%

Scholar power: 29.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 57%, Communication & Media Studies 29%, Sociology 9%, Law 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David J. Galbreath	69%	18	29.3%

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Maria Farrell

@mariafarrell.eurosky.social

For anyone who's not caught up, the US government pressured the EU and governments of Lithuania + Canada to disavow a conference on disinfo because of a panel about US disinfo and interference in Europe (whose panellists were all Americans!).

Only the French govt left standing.

#Disinfo2026

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 12h

Top work by organisers to communicate both what's happened and how they feel about it

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

October 8, 2026 at 11:28 AM

by Robert Wolfe

48%

Scholar power: 48.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 57%, Communication & Media Studies 29%, Sociology 9%, Law 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Robert Wolfe	34%	23	48.9%

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Robert Wolfe

@bobwolfe.bsky.social

more context in this POLTICO story--evidence of US pressure on many countries to withdraw from the disinformation conference

www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

October 8, 2026 at 11:29 AM

Reposted by Simon Lester

13%

Scholar power: 13.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 57%, Communication & Media Studies 29%, Sociology 9%, Law 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Simon Lester	34%	16	13.6%

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Finbarr Bermingham

@fbermingham.bsky.social

The Trump administration pressured diplomatic officials from the EU, Canada and Lithuania to pull out of an international conference on disinformation after organizers announced panels warning of the threat posed by American government officials

EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure

The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.

www.politico.com

October 8, 2026 at 8:03 AM

by David Stadelmann

37%

Scholar power: 37.4%

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Political science 57%, Communication & Media Studies 29%, Sociology 9%, Law 5%

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🎓 David Stadelmann	26%	23	37.4%

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David Stadelmann

@davidstadelmann.bsky.social

Viele europäische Politiker empören sich über Trump. Doch das behebt nicht ihr eigenes Politikversagen bei Energie, KI und Verteidigung. Trump ist kein Vorbild, aber ein unbequemer Spiegel. Man sollte also genauer hinsehen.

October 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

13%

Scholar power: 13.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 57%, Communication & Media Studies 29%, Sociology 9%, Law 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Élisabeth Vallet	51%	7	13.5%

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Christopher Ramsay 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦🌻🇬🇱

@iotechris.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request

Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website

www.theguardian.com

October 8, 2026 at 9:35 AM

Reposted by Gerald Friedman

2%

Scholar power: 2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 57%, Communication & Media Studies 29%, Sociology 9%, Law 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Gerald Friedman	-	13	-

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by David Stadelmann

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Story's scientific field profile

Political science 57%, Communication & Media Studies 29%, Sociology 9%, Law 5%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David Stadelmann	26%	23	37.4%

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