Taking the Long View - 10/10/23
The latest events and some changes to this week's posting schedule
A programming note: I’ve been told that one of the most important things I can do with my newsletter is provide consistency. I want to do that, but I’m also experimenting. I also don’t want to burn myself out - something many of you have been concerned about!
So, this week is going to be a little off-schedule. There won’t be a podcast this week, and my weekly analysis will come out on Thursday rather than Wednesday as I’m cross-posting it with another organization.
I’m trying to figure out how to balance all of this. Most of you voted that I should do a newsletter one week and a podcast the other. But I also heard from some of you who prefer a podcast and those of you who prefer newsletters and don’t want to miss out either way.
There’s also so much going on. Given the time, I could absolutely have enough to do both per week, but I also need to make a living. All of this is to say thank you for giving me feedback and being patient as I figure this out.
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Calendar
🚨 NEW 🚨
October 18, 2023: Tech4Dem Happy Hour, The Repressive Power of AI - Diving into the Freedom on the Net 2023 Report
October 25, 2023 - Meta Q3 Earnings
November 2, 2023 - Apple FY 23 Q4 Results
2025: RightsCon, South Korea
Topics to keep an eye on:
TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped
Upcoming Dates
October 10, 2023 – Liberia election
October 14, 2023 – New Zealand election
October 14, 2023 - Australian referendum on First Nations people
October 15, 2023 - Poland Election
October 15, 2023 - Ecuador second round
October 16, 2023 - FEC public comment period deadline on use of AI in political ads
October 16-18, 2023 - WSJ Tech Live
October 18, 2023 - Public comments due to the US Copyright Office on AI
October 21-22, 2023 - Oxford Generative AI Summit
October 22, 2023 – Switzerland election
October 22, 2023 – Argentina election
October 24, 2023 - Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins
October 24-26, 2023 - Global Democracy Champions Summit: Preparing for the 2024 Mega Election Year
October 29, 2023 - Mali election
October 31, 2023 - SCOTUS hears cases on government officials blocking people from engaging on their social media accounts
October 2023 – Gabon election
October 2023 – Ukraine election
October 2023 – Commission on Presidential Debates expected to announce 2024 dates and locations
Early November: African Association of Electoral Authorities adoption of Guidelines on how its members should deal with social media issues in elections
November 1-2, 2023 - UK AI Summit
November 3, 2023 - Obama Foundation Democracy Forum
November 6, 2023 - OpenAI Developer Conference
November 8, 2023 - Third GOP primary debate
November 9, 2023 - Madagascar election
November 14, 2023 – Book Release, Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets by Jeff Horwitz
November 15, 2023 - Aspen Cyber Summit
November 20, 2023 – Marshall Islands election
November 29, 2023 – Argentina election
November 30, 2023 - DeSantis/Newsom FOX Debate
November 30, 2023 - National Conference on Citizenship - 2023 Annual Conference on Citizenship: The Future of Citizenship
December 1-3, 2023: Build Peace 2023 Conference
December 12, 2023 - CampaignTech Innovation Summit
December 20, 2023 – Democratic Republic of the Congo election
December 2023 –Togo election
2023 or 2024 – Peru election
TBD – Dominica election
TBD – Myanmar election
TBD – Gabon election
TBD – Haiti election
TBD – Libya election
2024
January 15, 2024 - Iowa GOP Caucus
January 15, 2024 - Trump E. Jean Carroll civil defamation suit
January 29, 2024 - Trump Pyramid scheme class-action suit
January 2024 – Bangladesh election
January 13, 2024 – Taiwan election
January 28, 2024 - Finland election
February 4, 2024 – El Salvador election
February 8, 2024 - Nevada GOP Caucus
February 14, 2024 – Indonesia election
February 25, 2024 – Senegal election
February 25, 2024 – Belarus election
February 2024 – Pakistan election (delayed from 2023)
March 2024 - Third Summit for Democracy
March 4, 2024 - Trump Washington trial starts
March 5, 2024 - Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher
March 8-16, 2024 - SXSW
March 17, 2024 – Russia election
March 25, 2024 - Trump NY State criminal hush money suit
March 31, 2024 – Ukraine election
April 10, 2024 – South Korea election
April 16-18, 2024 - Government Social Media Conference
April 23, 2024 - The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters by Susan Page
April 2024 – Solomon Islands election
April 2024 – Maldives election
May 5, 2024 – Panama election
May 19, 2024 – Dominican Republic election
May 20, 2024 - Trump trial on classified docs
June 2024 – Mongolia election
June 2, 2024 – Mexico election
June 6-9, 2024 - EU Parliament Elections
July 15 - 18, 2024 - Republican National Convention
July 22-24, 2024 - TrustCon 2024
August 19 - 22, 2024 - Democratic Convention, Chicago
October 9, 2024 – Mozambique election
October 27, 2024 – Uruguay election
October 2024 – Chad election
November 2024 – Guinea Bissau election
November 2024 – Moldova election
November 2024 – Romania election
November 5, 2024 – United States of America election
November 12, 2024 – Palau election
December 2024 – Croatia election
TBD – Algeria election
TBD – Austria election
TBD – Belgium election
TBD – Botswana election
TBD – Burkina Faso election
TBD – Chad election
TBD – Comoros election
TBD – Croatia election
TBD – Dominica election
TBD – Egypt election
TBD – Ethiopia election
TBD – Georgia election
TBD – Ghana election
TBD – Iceland election
TBD – India election
TBD – Iran election
TBD – Jordan election
TBD – Kiribati election
TBD – Kuwait election
TBD – Lithuania election
TBD – Madagascar election
TBD – Mauritania election
TBD – Mauritius election
TBD – Montenegro election
TBD – North Korea election
TBD – North Macedonia election
TBD – Romania election
TBD – Rwanda election
TBD – San Marino election
TBD – Slovakia election
TBD – South Africa election
TBD – South Sudan election
TBD – Syria election
TBD – Tunisia election
TBD – United States of America election
TBD – Uzbekistan election
TBD – Venezuela election