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MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito resigns after New Yorker expose shows he quietly worked with Epstein to secure anonymous donations
A spokesperson for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation told Business Insider that "Any claim th…
Kat Tenbarge
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MIT Media Lab director admits accepting funding from Jeffrey Epstein for the Media Lab and for his investment fund
Joichi Ito, the director of MIT's Media Lab, a prominent lab known for its innovative work in a var…
Ben Gilbert
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Check Out The Buildings That Won This Guy The World's Top Architecture Award
Ito was born in Seoul, South Korea, but spent the majority of his life in Japan. After graduating f…
Max Rosenberg
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MIT took 'approximately $800,000' in donations from Jeffrey Epstein's charities, MIT's president says in apology letter
"Over the course of 20 years, MIT received approximately $800,000 via foundations controlled by Jef…
Ben Gilbert
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MIT officials were aware of Jeffrey Epstein's donations to the Media Lab as early as 2013, an independent investigation found
The letter was a result of a preliminary update on the independent investigation run by Goodwin Pro…
Megan Hernbroth
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5 books the head of MIT Media Lab thinks you should read
One of those influencers is Joi Ito, the head of MIT Media Lab. Ito picked five titles that should …
Chris Weller
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LinkedIn founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman apologizes for his role in rehabbing Jeffrey Epstein's public image in 2015
In addition to backing MIT Media Lab, Epstein also reportedly helped personally finance Ito's ventu…
Megan Hernbroth
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LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman defended a former MIT official who accepted donations from Jeffrey Epstein
Ito and Hoffman have a well-documented relationship outside of their work at MIT. The pair spoke on…
Taylor Nicole Rogers
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Epstein bombarded Bill Gates with calls and contacts to score a meeting with the billionaire a year before his $2 million donation to MIT
A spokesperson for Gates confirmed to Business Insider that both the tech titan and Epstein were pr…
Kat Tenbarge
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This man dropped out of college twice and now directs MIT's Media Lab - here's how he did it
Joi Ito, co-author of Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future, became a focus of attention …
Alana Kakoyiannis,Nathaniel L…
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Jeffrey Epstein reportedly brought 'Eastern European' models with him to MIT, where employees planned how they could help them if they weren't 'there by choice'
If you or someone you know is struggling with depression or has had thoughts of harming themselves …
David Choi
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MIT Media Lab staffers were so accustomed to Epstein's anonymity they referred to him as 'he who must not be named' or 'Voldemort,' in an apparent reference to the 'Harry Potter' villain
The donations include a $2 million contribution from Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill G…
Lauren Frias
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An elite group within one of America's most prestigious universities is embroiled in the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal, and its director just quit - here's what's going on
Moreover, the leadership at MIT's elite Media Lab group was seemingly aware of the problems with ac…
Ben Gilbert
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Jeffrey Epstein gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to MIT's Media Lab, and its founder said he would accept the donations again if given the chance
"Over the course of 20 years, MIT received approximately $800,000 via foundations controlled by Jef…
Ben Gilbert
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A Chinese gold medalist's grandma died in April, but she wasn't told until after the Olympics so she wouldn't lose focus
It was reported Sun Yingsha's died in April, but the 20-year-old was already in a training camp for…