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Why misinformation expert Joan Donovan filed a whistleblower complaint against Harvard

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Joan Donovan, then-research director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, at the Harvard Kennedy School speaks remotely during a hearing on Capitol Hill. (Al Drago via AP)
Joan Donovan, then-research director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, at the Harvard Kennedy School speaks remotely during a hearing on Capitol Hill. (Al Drago via AP)

Radio Boston talks with Joan Donovan, the misinformation scholar who claims in a lawsuit that Harvard University stopped supporting her work researching Facebook at the same time that the school received a donation from the tech giant's founder.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan both attended Harvard, and recently made a $500 million gift to the University through their foundation. Harvard denied the allegations.

This segment aired on December 6, 2023.

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