Dear Colleagues, What does Trump have planned for education? An unprecedented attack on knowledge and speech with chilling implications for academic freedom, not just in the US but globally. In my new article for Index on Censorship <https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/academic-freedom-survive-donald-trump-plans-thought-control-universities-colleges-education/>, I discuss what I see as the role of surveillant AI-driven education in Trump's plans to remove power from universities and punish so-called “woke” ideology. I propose an urgent response to the threat these plans pose for the United States - and the rest of the world. I hope you find it an insightful read, we need to fight back. You can also listen to me discuss this issue with Kate Carruthers in the latest data revolution podcast <https://datarevolution.tech/2024/12/emma-briant/> and I'll be speaking with Andrea Chalupa about this and my new book The Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry <https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-the-Influence-Industry/Briant-Bakir/p/book/9781032188997> (co-edited with Vian Bakir) on the Gaslit Nation podcast <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gaslit-nation/id1400926647> on 30 December. Thanks for your interest. Best wishes for the holidays, Emma -- Dr Emma L Briant Owner: Maven of Persuasion LLC Associate Professor at Monash University Fellow at Bard College, Human Rights Project Associate at University of Cambridge, Center for Financial Reporting & Accountability Speaking agent: Chartwell Speakers <https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/emma-briant/> Book agent: Inkwell Management <https://inkwellmanagement.com/> Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Support my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emmalbriant Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Sign up for my Newsletter! <https://emma-briant.co.uk/sign-up-for-important-updates/> Follow me on Mastodon @emmalbriant@mastodon.online Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant "I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is." - Steve Martin “Women are like teabags . We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.” - Unknown