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MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito resigns after concealing $7.5 million in Epstein-linked donations

| Importance: 8/10

MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito resigned after reports revealed he had concealed millions in donations from Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. The lab received at least $7.5 million in funding linked to Epstein, with Ito actively working to hide Epstein’s involvement from MIT administrators …

Joi Ito Jeffrey Epstein MIT Media Lab MIT administration Bill Gates +1 more academic-corruption donation-concealment institutional-cover-up reputation-laundering research-funding
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Race to the Top Competition Uses Federal Funds to Incentivize Charter Expansion and Teacher Evaluation Reforms

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On July 24, 2009, the Obama administration announced Race to the Top (RttT), a $4.35 billion competitive grant program that would profoundly reshape American education policy by requiring states to adopt charter school expansion, test-based teacher evaluations, and Common Core standards as …

President Barack Obama Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Bill Gates Gates Foundation Democrats for Education Reform +1 more education charter-schools teacher-evaluation obama-administration neoliberal-reform +1 more
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Microsoft Antitrust Settlement Establishes Weak Precedent for Tech Monopolies

| Importance: 9/10

The U.S. Department of Justice reaches a settlement with Microsoft on November 1, 2001, abandoning the structural breakup remedy ordered by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson in favor of behavioral restrictions. The Bush administration DOJ, after taking office in January 2001, announces on September 6, …

U.S. Department of Justice Microsoft Corporation George W. Bush John Ashcroft Bill Gates +1 more antitrust tech-monopoly regulatory-capture enforcement-failure corporate-power +2 more
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DOJ Files Microsoft Antitrust Suit, Establishes Tech Monopoly Precedent

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The U.S. Department of Justice, joined by Attorneys General from 20 states and the District of Columbia, files antitrust charges against Microsoft on May 18, 1998, alleging the company violated the Sherman Act by using its operating system dominance to thwart competition. The complaint charges four …

U.S. Department of Justice Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates Joel Klein Janet Reno +1 more antitrust tech-monopoly regulatory-capture corporate-power enforcement-failure +1 more
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