A New Report Shows the Lengths MIT Went to Hide its Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

BOSTON (MA)
Boston Magazine

September 10, 2019

By Spencer Buell

Evidence suggests higher-ups knew about his secret donations to the Media Lab.

Another day, another major news break on the MIT Media Lab’s deep ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and the lengths to which the university appears to have gone to keep it hush-hush.

The prestigious lab made headlines last month, when some of its members announced they would resign in protest due to the way its now-former director, Joi Ito, accepted donations from and socialized with the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender. At the time, Ito apologized for accepting money from Epstein for both the lab and his own personal investment fund, and promised to give it all back.

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