2023-12-04 Hacker News Top Articles and Its Summaries
1. Harvard gutted team examining Facebook Files following $500M Zuckerberg donation Total comment counts : 3 Summary Harvard University disbanded its team of online disinformation experts after receiving a $500 million donation from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, according to a whistleblower disclosure filed by Whistleblower Aid. Dr. Joan Donovan, a leading expert on social media disinformation, and her team were analyzing documents exposing Facebook’s knowledge of the harm caused by its platform when they faced resistance and were eventually terminated....