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Illicit ABCD Data Fuels Racial IQ Papers, Goes Viral

6/28/2026

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  • Fringe researchers illegally accessed Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study data and published 16 papers claiming racial IQ differences.
  • Mainstream geneticists called the papers biased, unscientific and noted the researchers were ineligible.
  • The papers spread on social media and white-nationalist forums, garnering millions of views.
  • ChatGPT and Grok cited the research, with Grok referencing it over two dozen times on X this month.