What I'm Reading - 6/16/24
I’ll be back in DC by the time you are reading this, but at the moment, I’m sitting in my hotel room in San Francisco, reflecting on a fun week with the Duco team. We had an onsight this week, welcomed some new members, and got a bunch of exciting work. Here we are on a hike near Rodeo Beach.
On the way out, I watched the new Jim Henson documentary on Disney+. I highly recommend it. I’m also watching the second half of Bridgerton.
I hope you all have a great Sunday. I’ll be spending it doing laundry and packing for Wisconsin/Canada.
What I’m Reading
Anchor Change: Elections Round Up — A look at what happened in the South Africa, Mexico, India and European Union elections
The Atlantic: My Encounter With the Fantasy-Industrial Complex
Aspen Digital: AI Election Risk Check Lists
Technology Review: Propagandists are using AI too—and companies need to be open about it
WIRED: How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI
The Sunday: What's Next for Tech Policy in India After the Elections
Rest of World: The rise and fall of Koo, India's once-thriving Twitter alternative
Nihal Krishan, The Hindu: Tech Policy X Indian General Elections 2024 -- Expert Opinions and Analysis
FWIW (For What It’s Worth): TikTok tumbles into 2024
The New York Times: Abortion Groups Say Tech Companies Suppress Posts and Accounts
The Washington Post: How much of the drop in traffic to right-wing sites is Facebook’s fault?
The Washington Post: Stanford’s top disinformation research group collapses under pressure
Platformer: The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled
DFR Lab: Far-right parties employed generative AI ahead of European Parliament elections
Democracy Reporting International: When Misinformation Becomes Disinformation: Chatbot Companies and EU Elections
Democracy Reporting International: TikTok accounts with unclear affiliation supporting political parties and political candidates in the EU
Axios: Dark money news outlets outpacing local daily newspapers
Democracy Journal: Values-Driven Republicans: They Might Surprise You
Campaigns & Elections: Some Don’t Expect Presidential-Level Innovation This Cycle
JoinDeleteMe: Incognito June 2024 — How to Stop Political Text Messages
Columbia Journalism Review: How Politics Broke Content Moderation
Bloomberg: More AI Founders Looking to Sell Startups, Hugging Face CEO Says
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism: Digital News Report 2024 launch events
Pew Research Center: How Americans Get News on TikTok, X, Facebook and Instagram
Journalist’s Resource: Julia Angwin on trust in journalism and the future of AI and the news
Democracy Works: 2023 Impact Report
National Democratic Institute: Why 2024 and 2025 are Make or Break Years for the Internet
Wall Street Journal: Nvidia’s New Sales Booster: The Global Push for National AI Champions
Bloomberg: Meta Gets Supreme Court Review on Investor Data-Harvesting Suit
404 Media: Inside the Gateway Pundit's Bankruptcy Case
Knight Foundation: Bridging the divide: Translating research on digital media into policy and practice
Google Cloud Blog: Insights on Cyber Threats Targeting Users and Enterprises in Brazil
Google Research: Trust & Safety research awards
Apple Machine Learning Research: Introducing Apple’s On-Device and Server Foundation Models
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