Harvard University disbanded its team of online disinformation experts after receiving a $500 million donation from the foundation run by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, according to a whistleblower disclosure filed by Whistleblower Aid. Dr. Joan Donovan, a renowned expert on social media disinformation, states that she faced resistance and was eventually fired after her team began analyzing documents exposing Facebook’s knowledge of the harm caused by the platform. Harvard’s actions raise concerns about corporate influence on academic research and the need for reforms to protect public interest research from wealthy and powerful interests like Big Tech. Whistleblower Aid is calling for an investigation into the matter.
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