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Mark Zuckerberg is being criticized by the scientists he funds as he refuses to moderate Trump's 'incendiary statements' on Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg has long argued that Facebook shouldn't moderate politicians, but recent posts from…
Ben Gilbert
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan announced they're building a computing system to help eliminate human disease by 2100, but costs may be hefty
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative just announced plans to build a computer cluster for analyzing cells…
Maiya Focht
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan say they were in the delivery room when they wrote the letter announcing the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
"Some people think that is an exaggeration. It was not. We really were editing the final draft," Ch…
Cheryl Teh
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Black staff at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative are 'underpaid, undervalued, and marginalized,' a former employee said in a racial discrimination filing
Former employee Ray Holgado files a racial discrimination claim against the initiative, owned by Fa…
Grace Dean
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Mark Zuckerberg just got called out by more than 70 employees of his philanthropic initiative who are demanding the charity make big changes to combat systemic racism
The rare activism within a major charity comes days after Zuckerberg-funded scientists slammed his …
Tyler Sonnemaker
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An employee at Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropic initiative reportedly demanded that he resign as its leader or from Facebook if he didn't moderate inflammatory Trump posts
Zuckerberg called the idea that he would resign "ridiculous" and implied that employees should quit…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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An employee at the Zuckerberg Chan Initiative tested positive for coronavirus
In a statement sent late Thursday, a Facebook spokesperson told Business Insider: "Based on guidanc…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan respond to criticism from more than 140 scientists and say they are 'deeply shaken and disgusted' by Trump's inflammatory statements on Facebook
Chan and Zuckerberg were responding to a letter by dozens of scientists from the Chan Zuckerberg In…
Rosie Perper
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Priscilla Chan joins executive board of Reform Alliance alongside Jay-Z, Meek Mill, Michael Rubin, Van Jones, and others
Priscilla Chan has joined the executive board of the Reform Alliance, the criminal-justice reform o…
John Lynch
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Eruditus is India’s fourth edtech unicorn, valued at $3.2 billion
Mumbai-based Eruditus has raised $650 million in a funding round led by investment firms Accel and …
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Shona Ghosh
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Mark Zuckerberg wants to spend his billions fixing schools, housing, and prisons
The biggest effort came well before the CZI was even started, when Zuckerberg donated $100 million …
Chris Weller
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Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook employees to work on his philanthropy projects but was shot down by senior execs
"1. All our feedback is entirely intended to protect you and the company. We love the intent. 2. Yo…
Alex Heath
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Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates' philanthropic organizations helped researchers sequence the coronavirus genome
In a Facebook post published late Tuesday, Zuckerberg detailed what measures Facebook is taking to …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Facebook went down for a couple of hours this morning
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's social networking site was inaccessible to some users across the world o…
Reuters and Jim Edwards
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A group of Mark Zuckerberg-funded researchers is testing implantable brain devices as part of a $5 billion quest to end disease
A less publicized component of the $5 billion program includes work on brain-machine interfaces, de…
Erin Brodwin
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Dispensed: A $74 billion mega-merger starts 2019 off with a bang and how a health system plans to disrupt itself before it's disrupted
Finally, ahead of JPMorgan, I wrapped up some of my reporting from my December trip to Seattle. A b…
Lydia Ramsey
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Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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Mark Zuckerberg wants to 'cure all disease' by making medical research work like Silicon Valley
At the same time, it's important to be careful about expectations. "Curing all disease" is a worthy…
Rafi Letzter
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Mark Zuckerberg says most people in Silicon Valley have one of two reactions to his $3 billion pledge to end disease
"There are aspirations and then there are plans, and plans vary in terms of their degree of realism…