Editing MIT Media Lab (section)

=== Other funding controversies ===
On March 24, 2018, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince [[Mohammed bin Salman]] visited MIT and prompted protests.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-a-Saudi-Prince-s-Visit/243174|title=Why a Saudi Prince's Visit to Harvard and MIT Drew Protests|date=April 19, 2018|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education}}</ref> Salman's non-profit foundation MiSK was a member company of the lab until 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://misk.org.sa/en/blog/misk-foundation-collaborates-mit-media-lab/|title=MiSk Foundation|date=23 April 2017}}</ref> According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', a sizable part of the annual budget of the lab comes from corporate patrons, who pay at least $250,000 each year. Prince Mohammed's personal foundation was among the roughly 90 members at their time of membership.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/magazine/saudi-arabia-american-universities.html|title=Why Is There So Much Saudi Money in American Universities?|last=Sokolove|first=Michael|date=2019-07-03|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-09-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>