Harvard ultimately did release an archive of the Facebook Files, though the researcher said it was considerably less ambitious and open than she envisioned.
A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of stifling then dismantling her team as it launched a deep dive into Facebook.
The actions impacting Joan Donovan's work coincided with a $500 million donation to Harvard by a foundation run by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan.
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In a whistleblower disclosure, Joan Donovan seeks investigations into “inappropriate influence" from Harvard's general counsel, the Massachusetts attorney general's office and the US Department of Education.
In a whistleblower disclosure made public Monday, prominent disinformation scholar Joan Donovan seeks investigations into "inappropriate influence" from Harvard s general counsel, the Massachusetts attorney general s office and the US department of education.