Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta's policies regarding manipulated media as “incoherent" and insufficient to address the flood of online disinformation that already has begun to target elections across the globe this year.

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Fellow Hope Burks presents her research into inflammation monitoring to Gov. J.B. Pritzker at a launch event for the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago. (Andrew Adams / Capitol News Illinois)

Biohub part of Facebook founder’s philanthropy

In addition to initial state funding, the center will receive $250 million from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative over 10 years to fund research into inflammation, part of the body’s innate response to irritation and disease.

Chicago Public Schools gets a $14 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the nonprofit started by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan.