Joi Ito, director of the Media Lab at MIT, resigned after the publication of a news report detailing his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and the disgraced financier's donations to the institution
The director of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology resigned following the publication of a news report detailing his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Mr. Epstein’s donations to the highly esteemed institution.
An article published in the New Yorker on Friday said that MIT had a deeper fundraising relationship with Mr. Epstein than it had previously acknowledged and attempted to conceal the extent of its contact with him. Joi Ito, director of the Media Lab, resigned Saturday, according...
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