TED has revoked a license it provided to organizers of the TEDxWestHollywood event, which allowed those behind the program to freely use the TEDx brand for their upcoming program. The move comes amidst increased awareness that some independently-run TEDx talks were promoting pseudoscience — and that organizers were not upholding the terms of their licensing agreement with TED. A stern letter was sent out to all TEDx organizers last month reminding them that "it is your job, before any speaker is booked, to check them out, and to reject bad science, pseudoscience and health hoaxes," and now the organization has decided to take action. In a note published today, TED says that it met with the organizers of TEDxWestHollywood beginning in...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/1/4171660/ted-withdraws-support-for-upcoming-tedx-event-not-solid-science
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