Taking the Long View - 12/12/23
Have you ever come across a playlist or Pandora station where every song is on point for that place and time you are in? This Sunday Brunch playlist from Spotify is that for me this Sunday morning as I work on the newsletters for this week. This has nothing to do with key events or dates, but I wanted to share the happiness.
Things are slowing down, but I wanted to flag a few things. First, in case you missed it, the amici in support of NetChoice (or in support of neither party) for Texas and Florida cases regarding content moderation were due last week and are now online. If you want the individual PDFs to upload to your Kindle or other reading app, I have them in this Dropbox.
Staying with the Supreme Court, on December 1, the court extended the deadline for the petitioners’ briefs in Murthy v Missouri to December 19 and the respondent’s to February 2, 2024. This is the case that focuses on the government's work with social media companies. I’m told by people smarter than me that any amicus briefs supporting the petitioners and respondents will then be due seven days later on December 26 and February 9, respectively. My thoughts and prayers go to the policy wonks and lawyers who had to crash on NetChoice and these briefs. I know some of what I’ll be reading over the holidays.
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Calendar
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Nothing new this week!
Topics to keep an eye on:
Supreme Court arguments during this term
Texas and Florida content moderation bills
January 23, 2023 - Amici in support of Florida/Texas
TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped
Upcoming Dates
December - EU-U.S. trade and tech summit, Washington, DC
December 2023 - UN AI governance landscape mapping and option interim report released
December 12, 2023 - CampaignTech Innovation Summit
December 20, 2023 – Democratic Republic of the Congo election
2024
January 13, 2024 – Taiwan election
January 15, 2024 - Iowa GOP Caucus
January 15, 2024 - Trump E. Jean Carroll civil defamation suit
January 23, 2024 - New Hampshire Primary
January 28, 2024 - Finland election
January 29, 2024 - Trump Pyramid scheme class-action suit
January 31, 2023 - Senate hearing on protecting kids online with tech CEO testimony
January 2024 – Bangladesh election
February 2, 2024 - TrustCon Proposal Deadline
February 3, 2024: South Carolina Democratic primary
February 4, 2024 – El Salvador election
February 6, 2024: Nevada Democratic Primary
February 8, 2024 - Nevada GOP Caucus
February 8-10, 2024 - NASED Winter Conference
February 12, 2024 - State of the Net Conference
February 14, 2024 – Indonesia election
February 24, 2024: South Carolina Republican primary
February 25, 2024 – Senegal election
February 25, 2024 – Belarus election
February 27, 2024: Michigan primary
February 27, 2024 - Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher
February 2024 – Pakistan election (delayed from 2023)
March 2024 - Third Summit for Democracy
March 2, 2024: Michigan Republican caucus
March 4, 2024 - Trump Washington trial starts
March 5, 2024: Primaries in multiple states, including Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Democrats Abroad
March 8, 2024 - Irish Referenda
March 8-16, 2024 - SXSW
March 12, 2024: Primaries in Hawaii (Republican caucuses), Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota (Democratic caucuses), Washington
March 17, 2024 – Russia election
March 19, 2024: Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio primaries
March 25, 2024 - Trump NY State criminal hush money suit
March 31, 2024 – Ukraine election
March 31, 2024: Puerto Rico Democratic primary
April 2, 2024: Wisconsin primary
April 10, 2024 – South Korea election
April 16-18, 2024 - Government Social Media Conference
April 18-19, 2023 - German Marshall Forum Brussels Forum
April 23, 2024: Delaware, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island primaries
April 23, 2024 - The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters by Susan Page
April 30, 2024: Connecticut primary
April 2024 – Solomon Islands election
April 2024 – Maldives election
May 5, 2024 – Panama election
May 7: Indiana primary
May 14, 2024: Nebraska, Maryland, West Virginia primaries
May 14-15, 2024 - Copenhagen Democracy Summit
May 16-17, 2024 - All Things in Moderation Conference
May 19, 2024 – Dominican Republic election
May 20, 2024 - Trump trial on classified docs
May 21, 2024: Kentucky, Oregon primaries
June 2024 – Mongolia election
June 2, 2024 – Mexico election
June 4, 2024: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, District of Columbia primaries
June 6-9, 2024 - EU Parliament Elections
Mid-2024 - Final UN AI governance report
July 15 - 18, 2024 - Republican National Convention
July 22-24, 2024 - TrustCon 2024
July 23-26, 2024 - NASED Summer Conference
August 19 - 22, 2024 - Democratic Convention, Chicago
September 2024 - UN Summit of the Future
September 16, 2024 - First presidential debate, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
September 25, 2024 - Vice presidential debate, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
October 1, 2024 - Second presidential debate, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA
October 9, 2024 – Mozambique election
October 9, 2024 - Third presidential debate, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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 11-14, 2024 - Lisbon Web Summit
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
2025
2025: RightsCon, South Korea