Renowned researcher Joan Donovan, who works against misinformation and misinformation, has accused Harvard University of suppressing and destroying her speech and her research team. Donovan left Harvard University in August. He alleges that he and his team had started a major research on Facebook files in the end of 2021, but due to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan receiving a donation of US $ 500 million to Harvard from the governing body, their work was halted. But had an impact. She considers this work of hers to be the most important document in the history of the Internet. Donovan publicly disclosed this and called for an investigation into “this inappropriate interference” by Harvard’s general counsel, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office, and the US Department of Education.
The allegations are full of errors and baseless allegations
The CEO of Whistleblower Aid, a non-profit legal organization supporting Donovan, described the alleged behavior of Harvard’s Kennedy School and its deans as a betrayal of the school’s academic reputation. CEO Libby Liu said in a statement to the press, whether Harvard took these steps on the company’s instructions or took these steps on its own to protect their (Facebook’s) interests, the result of both is the same. Corporate interests are suppressing research and academic freedom, causing harm to people. The Kennedy School has rejected allegations of inappropriate behavior and interference. School spokesman James F. The allegations are full of errors and baseless insinuations, Smith said in a statement.
The company will not comment on the dispute
In a statement to Whistleblower Ed, Donovan accused Dean Douglas Elmendorf of harassing his team as they began working on a robust plan to create a ‘research clearinghouse’ for those so-called ‘Facebook files’ in October 2021, Which were collected by former employee Francis Haugen to show the loss caused to the people. After this revelation, Zuckerberg changed the name of Facebook to Meta. Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company would not comment on the dispute between Donovan and Harvard.