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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Experts split on ‘prebunking’ – shifting blame or empowering users?

February 13, 2023

Google is expanding its campaign to fight misinformation through an approach it calls ‘prebunking’, which involves using a series of short videos to teach people how to spot false claims before they encounter them. 

Social & Behavioral Sciences
Cornell Tech
Law, Government & Public Policy

Musk plan to take Twitter public again raises questions

May 4, 2022

Drew Pascarella and Drew Margolin weigh in on Elon Musk's plan to take Twitter public again in a few years.

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Economics and Business

Australia defamation ruling lays responsibility on media outlets

September 8, 2021

Drew Margolin says that this recent ruling indicates that some jurisdictions are willing to lay the responsibility of monitoring harmful speech to media platforms themselves — a potentially significant trend in how we view future cases.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Facebook’s news feed block in Australia stokes fear, resistance

February 18, 2021

Drew Margolin, professor of communication, comments on a controversial decision from Facebook to block news feeds in Australia.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

US battles with election anticipation in era of instant communication

November 5, 2020

Drew Margolin, professor of communication at Cornell University, comments on the atypical state of flux Americans find themselves in as they await for election results.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

TikTok ban reasonable given the threat of Chinese surveillance

July 21, 2020

Sarah Kreps, professor of government, and Drew Margolin, professor of communication, comment on efforts by Congress to limit access to TikTok on government devices and the larger security issues surrounding the Chinese-owned social media company.

Law and Policy

Saudi spying charges highlight regulation void for Twitter, social media

November 7, 2019

Drew Margolin, professor of communication at Cornell University, comments on news that two former Twitter employees were charged with spying for Saudi Arabia.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Facebook's new ad rules to slow scammers, but still leave voters vulnerable

August 28, 2019

Drew Margolin says that Facebook's new rules will likely slow down illegitimate advertisers, but the effect for users will depend on how Facebook flags political advertisements

Law and Policy
Economics and Business

By banning political ads, Twitter admits unique threat of social media

October 30, 2019

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday the company will stop accepting political ads starting Nov. 22, a decision that comes amid intense scrutiny of social media companies’ handling of such ads.

Law and Policy

Twitter buzz to crown winners in first Dem debate

June 24, 2019

Drew Margolin and Samuel Nelson offer analysis of the first Democratic primary debate June 26 and 27.

Law and Policy