The philanthropy established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar will
contribute $100 million to support investigative journalism, fight
misinformation and counteract hate speech around the world.
One
of the first contributions, $4.5 million, will go to the International
Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the Washington-based
group behind last year’s Panama Papers investigation, which revealed offshore businesses and shell corporations, some of which were used for purposes such as tax evasion.
“We think it’s really important to act now to keep dangerous trends from becoming the norm,” Stephen King, who heads the Omidyar Network’s
civic engagement initiative, told The Washington Post in the
philanthropic group’s first public comments on the three-year funding
commitment.
The Silicon Valley-based philanthropy will make the official announcement Wednesday at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford, England.
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Source: The Washington Post
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