EXCLUSIVE — The StateDept -funded Global Disinformation Index paid the University of Texas at Austin to conduct research for a heavily scrutinized report that took aim at conservative media outlets, documents show.
GDI has come under scrutiny from Republican lawmakers and watchdogs following multiple Washington Examiner reports starting in February on its covert operation of feeding conservative website blacklists to advertisers with the intent of shutting down disfavored speech.
"GDI funded the full cost of UT's involvement," UT's Global Disinformation Lab told the Washington Examiner."No state money was used." A separate budget document obtained by the Washington Examiner shows that GDI's project costs were $90,810. Dickerson received $1,922, and $974 was paid to Kiril Avramov, co-director of the disinformation lab, records show.
Employees at UT-Austin's disinformation lab went into an apparent state of paranoia after the Washington Examiner published a February report on GDI, according to newly obtained records, with Dickerson messaging her colleagues,"So do we think anything will come back to us?"
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