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What I Learned on My Quest to Fix America’s Social Media Problem
Middleware could be the solution to our tech woes, but Congress is going to have to force the Internet companies to use it.
A group of researchers envisioned “middleware” as third-party software that would verify the importance and accuracy of all kinds of information
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By L. GORDON CROVITZ
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Gordon Crovitz, a former publisher of the Wall Street Journal, is co-CEO of NewsGuard, which rates news websites based on their journalistic reliability.
One of the humbling experiences of starting a company in a new industry is that sometimes you don’t know the industry you’re in. In the case of NewsGuard, which I co-founded with fellow journalism veteran Steven Brill three years ago to help people protect themselves from the misinformation being fed them on the digital platforms, it took a group of Stanford academics to tell us what we were doing.
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Brad D. Williams on April 15, 2021 at 9:52 AM
UPDATED: Adds comments from James Lewis.
WASHINGTON: The U.S. government today formally attributed the SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). The Intelligence Community has “high confidence” in this assessment, the White House statement says, and President Biden signed an Executive Order imposing economic sanctions and other actions on Russia.
The EO:
Prohibits U.S. financial institutions from participating in the primary market for ruble and non-ruble denominated bonds issued after June 14, as well as lending ruble or non-ruble denominated funds.
Designates six Russian Federation technology companies that support SVR’s cyber operations.
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Author, comedian and ‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah selected as Princeton’s 2021 Class Day speaker
The Office of Communications
April 13, 2021 12:30 p.m.
The Class of 2021 has announced that internationally acclaimed comedian and author Trevor Noah will give remarks at the virtual Class Day ceremony on Saturday, May 15, and will be inducted as an honorary member of the class.
Trevor Noah
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Class Day, which takes place the day before Princeton’s Commencement, is organized by members of the senior class. The ceremony also includes speeches by graduating seniors, the recognition of class members for their contributions and the induction of honorary class members.