Taking the Long View - 2/6/24
Not much new this week, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a ton going on. I’m in San Francisco right now, but we’ll be heading up to Stinson Beach this afternoon for a few days for a team retreat.
Enjoy!
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Calendar
🚨NEW 🚨
February 6, 2024 - The Weaponization Select Subcommittee will hold its next hearing on artificial intelligence and government censorship
TBD – Senegal has postponed its scheduled February election indefinitely
April 6, 2024 (Approx) - Deadline for Meta response to Oversight Board decision on manipulated video of President Biden
Topics to keep an eye on:
Supreme Court arguments during this term
Missouri v Biden (Now Murthy v Missouri)
Feb 8 - Amicus briefs in support of respondents due
TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped
Upcoming Dates
February 6, 2024 - UCLA Law: What Can We Do to Have a Fair and Safe Election in 2024?
February 7, 2024 - Brookings: Assessing the impact of generative AI and other online threats in a historic election year
February 8, 2024 - National Endowment for Democracy: Virtual Report Launch Event | Winning the Battle of Ideas
February 6, 2024: Nevada Democratic Primary
February 8, 2024 - Supreme Court arguments regarding Trump being allowed on ballot
February 8, 2024 – Pakistan election (delayed from 2023)
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 16 - 18, 2024 - Munich Security Conference
February 16, 2024 - Media and January 6th, Edited by Edited by Khadijah Costley White, Daniel Kreiss, Shannon C. McGregor, and Rebekah Trombl
February 20, 2024 - Battle for the Bird: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter’s Soul by Kurt Wagner
February 21 - 24, 2024 - Raisina Dialogue: Conference in India about geopolitics and geoeconomics put on by the Observer Research Foundation
February 21 - 24, 2024 - Conservative Political Action Conference
February 22, 2024 - South Africa Disinformation Conference
February 24, 2024 - South Carolina Republican primary
February 25, 2024 – Senegal election
February 25, 2024 – Belarus election
February 26, 2024 - Supreme Court hears arguments in Texas and Florida cases (Moody v NetChoice)
February 27, 2024: Michigan primary
February 27, 2024 - Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher
February 29, 2024 - Election Season Advertising: A Breakfast and Briefing with NewsGuard
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 7, 2024 - Democracy Report 2024 and Dataset Release
March 7, 2024 - U.S. State of the Union Address
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 12, 2024 - The Lie Detectives: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age by Sasha Issenberg
March 13 - 14, 2024 - Trust & Safety Summit UK
March 14, 2024 - National Liberty Museum: Artificial Intelligence, Elections, and the Future of Democracy
May 16 - 17, 2024 - All Things in Moderation
March 17, 2024 – Russia election
March 18, 2024 - Supreme Court hears oral arguments Murthy v Missouri
March 19, 2024 - Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio primaries
March 19 - 20, 2024 - Information Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) Conference, Accra, Ghana
March 25, 2024 - Trump NY State criminal hush money suit
March 26 - 28, 2024 - Trust & Safety Forum
March 31, 2024 – Ukraine election
March 31, 2024: Puerto Rico Democratic primary
April 2, 2024: Wisconsin primary
April 3 - 5, 2024 - IDU Spring Forum, Wellington, New Zealand
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 16-17, 2024 - Election Science, Research, and Administration (ESRA) Conference, Los Angeles, California
May 17, 2024 - TSPA EMEA Summit
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
June 12 - 13, 2024 - TICTeC (The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference)
Mid-2024 - Final UN AI governance report
July 11 - 13, 2024 - Netroots Nation 2024
July 15 - 18, 2024 - Republican National Convention
July 22-24, 2024 - TrustCon 2024
July 23-26, 2024 - NASED Summer Conference
July 26, 2024 - Olympics Opening Ceremony
August 13, 2024 - What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service
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 - 15, 2024 - International Association of Political Consultants, Athens, GA
November 14, 2024 - UK Election (Tentative)
November 12, 2024 – Palau election
December 2024 – Croatia election
December 3 - 5, 2024 - IDU Winter Forum, Washington, DC
December 11, 2024 — U.S. deadline for issuing and sending Certificates of Ascertainment
December 17, 2024 — U.S. Electors vote
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
January 6, 2025 — U.S. Congress counts electoral votes
January 20, 2025 — U.S. Inauguration
This event is from last year: February 22, 2024 - South Africa Disinformation Conference