Meta will be reinstating former president Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks with what the company calls “new guardrails” to deter repeat offenses. The following Cornell University experts are available to discuss the news.

Cornell Tech

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Computing & Information Sciences

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NATO has formally invited Finland and Sweden to join its alliance after Turkey dropped its objections. The decision comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine continues.

International Reach

International

Law and Policy

Foreign Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Meta was hit with a $24.7 million fine after a Washington judge found the tech giant had intentionally violated the state's campaign finance disclosure laws.

Computing & Information Sciences

science

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Issac Weifsue, medical epidemiologist at Cornell University, says this new data could signal a shift in efforts to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

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Reports suggest the U.S. has provided intelligence that has allowed Ukrainians to target and kill many of the Russian generals who have died in action during the Ukraine war.

International Reach

International

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Twitter has launched new warning labels on false and misleading tweets in an effort to make them less confusing and more effective. Brooke Erin Duffy, Jonas Juul and William Schmidt comment on the new warning labels.

Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Alexandra Cirone, professor of government at Cornell University says there are many things people can do to protect themselves against the misinformation that floods social media in the aftermath of election-related events like presidential debates.

Law and Policy

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Sarah Kreps, professor of government, studies artificial intelligence and misinformation. She comments on news that the World Health Organization is working with Google to limit the spread of misinformation related to the coronavirus, and the role of tech companies in limiting the spread of fake news.

Arts and Sciences

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Concern is growing given the sluggish rollout of the coronavirus vaccination distribution in New York. Cynthia Leifer, associate professor of immunology at Cornell University, says vaccines need to be given quickly as possible and rather than disqualifying sites from getting future distributions, expanding the number of distribution locations and incentivizing rapid use is a better solution.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

New York State

New York City

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Sarah Kreps, professor of government at Cornell University, says accounts of foreign interference, such as the e-mail campaign allegedly organized by Iran, introduce “noise into the system” regardless of whether the culprits are identified.

Law and Policy

International

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