A Stanford 'misinformation specialist' who founded the university's Social Media Lab has been accused in a court filing of fabricating sources in an affidavit supporting new legislation in Minnesota which bans so-called 'election misinformation.'

For a $600 an hour expert witness fee, Stanford professor Jeff Hancock, whose biography claims he's "well-known for his research on how people use deception with technology," apparently used deception with technology by citing numerous academic works that do not appear to exist, the Minnesota Reformer reports.