Zuckerberg-Backed Data Trove Exposes the Injustices of Criminal Justice

Re:Zuckerberg-Backed Data Trove Exposes the Injustices of Cr... by emodendroket on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:30PM (#14403176)

Very few people are saints but if the data is useful or interesting then I don't really care. I think probably most philanthropists have some motives besides altruism.

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Re:Zuckerberg-Backed Data Trove Exposes the Injustices of Cr... by 659087 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:33PM (#14403214)

I'd prefer credit be given to the people actually doing the work. I think it's an insult to the people at Measures for Justice for Zuckerberg to be absorbing positive PR for their work.

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Re:Zuckerberg-Backed Data Trove Exposes the Injustices of Cr... by LeeHarveysGrave on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @02:16PM (#14403713)

The credit was given to Amy Bach repeatedly throughout the article, I'm not sure how you missed that.

One of the many funding organizations happens to be funded by Mark Zuckerberg which makes for interest catching headlines but they're certainly not alone in funding the project.

https://www.measuresforjustice.org/about/overview/

>Bach’s work has attracted the attention of the tech industry’s increasingly activist leadership. Earlier this year, Google.org awarded Measures for Justice a $1.5 million grant. Today, Mark Zuckerberg’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced it is giving $6.5 million to the non-profit to help it expand into California.

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