Mark Zuckerberg is using his Facebook fortune to tackle mass incarceration and affordable housing
Mark Zuckerberg has committed $45 million from his philanthropy organization, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), to help curb mass incarceration and improve affordable housing options in American urban centers, according to a report today from Vice News. The issues mark some of the first causes Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have targeted through political means, including donations and ballot support, beyond Facebook’s role in the immigration debate with the industry lobbying group FWD.us.
For now, the money is mainly being used to help pass ballot measures and lobby with local officials around the country, in areas like reforming sentencing laws and preventing those under the age of 18 from being charged as adults. In the...