How an Élite University Research Center Concealed Its Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein New documents show that the M.I.T. Media Lab was aware of Epstein’s status as a convicted sex offender, and that Epstein directed contributions to the lab far exceeding the amounts M.I.T. has publicly admitted. Update: On Saturday, less than a day after the publication of this story, Joi Ito, the director of th
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