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LinkedIn Co-Founder Who Started ‘Decency Pledge’ Ran Interference for MIT Over Epstein

INDECENCY PLEDGE

Reid Hoffman said tech companies should have a zero tolerance for sexual harassment. Then he defended the MIT Media Lab over fallout from its Epstein ties.

Blake Montgomery 

Former Reporter/Editor

Taylor Hatmaker 

Senior Technology Editor

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Two years ago, when accusations of sexual harassment rocked the venture capital world, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman positioned himself as a moral authority on the issue.

Hoffman—a former PayPal executive who is now partner at prominent Silicon Valley firm Greylock, proposed what he called a decency

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Blake Montgomery

Blake Montgomery

Former Reporter/Editor

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Taylor Hatmaker

Taylor Hatmaker

Senior Technology Editor

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