Tech giants including Google and Facebook parent Meta have dramatically ramped up charitable giving to university campuses over the past several years — giving them influence over academics studying such critical topics as artificial intelligence, social media and disinformation.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Big Tech funds the very people who are supposed to hold it accountable
As big technology companies like Google and Meta face increasing criticism from researchers, they are expanding their influence in academia
By Joseph Menn
and Updated December 7, 2023 at 1:50 p.m. EST|Published December 6, 2023 at 11:11 a.m. EST