End of Year Reader Survey
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End of Year Reader Survey
I’d really appreciate your help in determining what I should write about next year!
Does anyone else feel like the holiday break is taking forever to get here? I was hoping to be done with most of my work this weekend, but I took on two additional writing projects, so I’m spending my Saturday finishing up those and packing my car for the 13-hour drive to Wisconsin that I’m making tomorrow.
Because I’m trying to cram so much into one day, I am using this week’s newsletter to ask a favor of you all. One of the things I hope to work on during the break is my content strategy for next year. I have really loved writing this newsletter and it makes my day every time one of you takes the time to tell me how much you enjoy it.
To that end, I’ve been wondering a few things. Should I start a paid version and write more than once a week? Should I finally launch one of my two podcast ideas? Should I do videos? What topics do you all want to hear from me on?
I would love to hear your thoughts on it. I copied Kyle at
and have created a survey. It’s anonymous, and you can answer all or just a few of the questions. I would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to fill it out.I’m not done for the year. I will have at least one more newsletter with my 2022 wrap-up of all my favorite things. But until then, I need to start packing. Thank you for reading and for all of your support.
What I’m Reading
Aaron Berman: Writing Tips from the President’s Daily Brief: Formatting
Kate Klonick: New newsletter - The Klonickles
CNN: The real revelation from the 'Twitter Files': Content moderation is messy
Irish Legal: Online safety bill signed into law
Bloomberg: Elon Musk Twitter Ownership Full of Firings, Ad Cuts, Chaos
Washington Post: López Obrador overhauls Mexican electoral system, sparking protests
Reuters: Big Tech gets preview of questions U.S. House Republicans want answered
The Sunday Show: Examining Meta’s Cross-Check Program
Rolling Stone: Russian Trolls Made Fake Kid Rock Fan Accounts — and Fooled Donald Trump Jr.
WSJ: YouTube Stars Cash In Video Rights for Millions of Dollars
CyberScoop: Fleeing Twitter users face uncertain privacy, security features on alternative platforms
Reuters: U.S. lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban China's TikTok
Washington Post: Democrats up pressure on Facebook to keep Trump ban in place
WSJ: Ron DeSantis Holds Early Lead Over Donald Trump Among GOP Primary Voters, WSJ Poll Shows
Think Tanks/Academia/Other
Integrity Institute: Widely Viewed Content Report, 2022 Q3
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Indonesia’s New Draft Criminal Code Restrains Political Dissent
Iowa Governor’s Office: Gov. Reynolds issues directive to ban access to TikTok on State of Iowa devices
Harvard Law Review: Content Moderation as Systems Thinking
IFJ: 67 journalists killed so far in 2022: IFJ demands immediate action
European Council: Transparency and targeting of political advertising: Council agrees its negotiating mandate
U.S. Congress: Congressman Schiff, Senator Whitehouse Urge Meta to Maintain Policies on Election Misinformation, Uphold Trump Suspension
Companies
YouTube: Updates on Comment Spam & Abuse
Meta: Meta Launches New Content Moderation Tool as It Takes Chair of Counter-Terrorism NGO
Jobs
Medely: Trust and Safety Specialist
Open_Future: Fellowship 2023
Oversight Board: Global Engagement Officer (Fixed Term)
Freedom House: Jobs
Grammarly: Openings | Grammarly Careers
Graphika: Staff Engineer
Graphika: Editor & Insights Manager
Medtronic: Jobs in November, 2022 (Hiring Now!)
Ballotpedia: Director of External Relations (Remote)
European Commission: Job opportunity: European Commission is hiring experts to enforce the Digital Services Act
Reddit: Sr Manager, Platform Trust
Global Cyber Alliance: Careers at GCA. Join Our Team.
Institute for Rebooting Social Media: Call for 2023-2024 RSM Visiting Scholars
Koch Industries: Communications Manager
European Commission: Job opportunity: European Commission is hiring experts to enforce the Digital Services Act
No Labels: Sr. Fundraiser
Arnold Ventures: Director of Advocacy, Criminal Justice
McCain Institute: Social Media Manager, Digital Communications
National Alliance of Forest Owners: Director for Communications
Woodberry Associates: Senior Associate, Advocacy Management
Bipartisan Policy Center: Project Assistant, Campus Free Expression Project
Duco offers paid project-based gigs to policy, security, and trust & safety professionals. Duco’s mission is to empower leading companies to operate safely, securely, and responsibly by mobilizing the world’s leading experts to help solve complex challenges. Duco HQ works with companies to scope projects, then matches leading policy, security, and trust & safety experts with paid-project work. Projects include reports, executive briefings, risk assessments, strategic advising, on-platform or cross-platform content review/labeling, etc. You can sign up with Duco here, and reach out to Sofi Arimany at sofia@ducoexperts.com if you have questions.
Duco: Fellow
Center for Humane Technology: Chief of Staff
Center for Humane Technology: Executive Producer, Your Undivided Attention
Center for Humane Technology: Development Director
Omidyar: Senior Manager, Strategic Communications (Responsible Technology)
Form: Tech industry resume book for people affected by layoffs
Calendar
Topics to keep an eye on that have a general timeframe of the first half of the year:
Facebook 2020 election research (Still happening! Watch the panel with the academics involved at the Knight Informed Conference)
Senate & House hearings, markups, and potential votes
Second Summit of Democracy (Announced! March 29-30, 2023)
December 19 - Jan 6 committee report
2022 TBD - Libya Election
January 2023 - Czech Republic Election
January 7: Meta/Trump Decision
January 16-20: Davos - World Economic Forum
February 5, 2023 - Cyprus Election
February 16, 2023 - Platforms have to announce EU numbers to comply with DSA
February 23, 2023 - Nigeria Election
Feb 23, 2023 - Meta response to cross-check due
February 2023 - Djibouti Election
February 2023 - Monaco Election
March 5, 2023 - Estonia Election
March 10 - 19: SXSW
March 20 - 24, 2023: Mozilla Fest
March 29 - 30, 2023: Summit for Democracy
March 2023 - Antigua and Barbuda Election
March 2023 - Federated States of Micronesia Election
March 2023 - Guinea Bissau Election
March 2023 - Sierra Leone Election
April 30, 2023 - Benin Election
April 30, 2023 - Paraguay Election
April 2023 - Andorra Election
April 2023 - Finland Election
April 2023 - Montenegro Election
May 7, 2023 - Thailand Election
May 15-16: Copenhagen Democracy Summit
June 5-9: RightsCon
June 25, 2023 - Guatemala Election
June 25, 2023 -Turkey Election
July 2023 - Cambodia Election
July 2023 - Timor-Leste Election
July 2023 - Zimbabwe Election
August 6, 2023 - Greece Election
August 2023 - Eswatini Election
September 2023 - Mauritania Election
October 10, 2023 - Liberia Election
October 12, 2023 - Pakistan Election
October 22, 2023 - Switzerland Election
October 2023 - Argentina Election
October 2023 - Luxembourg Election
October 2023 - Oman Election
November 12, 2023 - Poland Election
November 20, 2023 - Marshall Islands Election
November 29, 2023 - Ukraine Election
November 2023 - Bhutan Election
November 2023 - Gabon Election
November 2023 - Rwanda Election
December 10, 2023 - Spain Election
December 2023 - Bangladesh Election
December 2023 - Democratic Republic of the Congo Election
December 2023 - Togo Election
TBD - Belarus Election
TBD - Cuba Election
TBD - Equatorial Guinea Election
TBD - Gabon Election
TBD - Guinea Election
TBD - Madagascar Election
TBD - Maldives Election
TBD - Myanmar Election
TBD - Singapore Election
TBD - South Sudan Election - (Unlikely to happen)
TBD - Turkmenistan Election
TBD - Tuvalu
TBD - Haiti