CZI-Funded Researchers Send Letter

Jun 08, 2020

More than 140 researchers funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, to urge him to enforce the company's misinformation policies, the Washington Post reports.

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