As a professor and cognitive scientist at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Complex Human Data Hub, much of my research focuses on the study of misinformation: false ideas spread because of ignorance, error or mistake.
Anti-trans attitudes have existed for years, but organized disinformation campaigns are increasingly driving them
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