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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Sarah Kreps, surveillance systems and cybersecurity expert, comments on the newly released Apple operating system that supports digital contact tracing.

Arts and Sciences

Cornell Tech

Computing & Information Sciences

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Cornell University computing and information science experts are available to weigh in on technology obstacles and opportunities, offering perspectives on ethics, machine learning, computational sustainability, cybersecurity and more.

Computing & Information Sciences

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Social media companies are exploring how to counter misinformation related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Law and Policy

International

science

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Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a case that could have major implications on how tech platforms host and promote content. The following Cornell University experts are available to discuss the case.

Cornell Tech

Computing & Information Sciences

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Starting this Thursday, cars will be banned from lower Manhattan’s 14th street as part of an 18-month experiment to improve traffic flow. The 1.1-mile stretch will only allow buses, trucks, bikes and pedestrians. Only local businesses and residents will have car access to the street.  

New York City

Cornell Tech

Engineering

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Architecture, Art and Planning

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been met with severe economic sanctions from Europe and the United States that will have ripple effects throughout the global economy. These Cornell University experts are available to discuss the conflict and its implications.

International

Law, Government & Public Policy

Economics and Business

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Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer and creative director of the House of Chanel – among other luxury brands – died in Paris on Tuesday. Mukti Khaire, studies the business of creative industries, including fashion at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business and Cornell Tech. Her book Culture and Commerce: The Value of Entrepreneurship in Creative Industries” details the ways artistic worth is converted to economic value. Khaire, who interviewed Karl Lagerfeld as background for a case study titled: “Coco Chanel: Creating Fashion for the Modern Woman,” says Lagerfeld was wildly creative but also understood business.

Economics and Business

International

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Cornell Tech

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Cornell University experts are available to weigh in on New York City's proposed congestion pricing and its potential impacts on traffic congestion, public transit ridership, greenhouse gas emissions as well as equity implications and health benefits.

New York City

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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As the U.S. braces for a likely rise in coronavirus cases this week, experts warn that access to health resources and equipment will play a crucial role. Dana Radcliffe, senior lecturer in business ethics at Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business, and Elena Belavina, associate professor of applied economics at Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business, comment on what's in store for sought-after items, in grocery stores and beyond. 

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Economics and Business

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