Taking the Long View - 4/30/24

Today, I’m bringing you one of my all-time favorite quotes from Glennon Doyle’s book Untamed.

Calendar

🚨 NEW 🚨

• May 2, 2024: European Union - Promoting free and fair elections online: the EU DSA and beyond

• May 15, 2024: The Future of Search Engines in the Age of AI

Topics to keep an eye on:

• Senate AI Report

• Supreme Court rulings on tech during this term

  • Lindke (Ruling issued 3/15) - Case on whether government officials can block users

  • NetChoice - Case on whether content moderation laws from Texas and Florida are constitutional

  • Murthy v Missouri - Case on what the appropriate engagement between the government and online platforms is

• Facebook 2020 election research 

  • 4/16 have been published

• TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped

• FEC decision on proposed rulemaking on AI

Upcoming Dates

• April 19 to June 1, 2024 - India election 

  • Voting will happen on April 19, 26, May 7, 13, 20, 25, and June 1, with Counting Day on June 4.

• April 29-30, 2024 - Net Mundial Brazil

• April 30, 2024 - Trust and Safety Research Conference proposals due

• April 30, 2024: Connecticut primary

• April - May, 2024 - Croatia election

• May 5, 2024 – Panama election 

• May 6, 2024 - Chad election

• May 6, 2024: 2024 Shadid Award Ceremony - Center for Journalism Ethics at UW-Madison

  • NOTE: I’ll be interviewing CNN and fellow Badger Manu Raju at this event

• May 7, 2024 -  Indiana primary

• May 8, 2024 - North Macedonia parliamentary election

• May 12, 2024 - Lithuania presidential election 

• May 14, 2024: Nebraska, Maryland, West Virginia primaries

• May 14-15, 2024 - Copenhagen Democracy Summit

• May 14-16, 2024 - Marketplace Risk Conference

• 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

• May 29, 2024 - South Africa election

• May 31 - June 2, 2024: Truman Center TruCon

• June 1, 2024 - Iceland election

• June 2, 2024 – Mexico election 

• June 2, 2024 - RightsCon Proposal Period Closes

• June 4, 2024: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, District of Columbia primaries

• June 6-9, 2024 - EU Parliament Elections

• June 9, 2024 - Belgium election 

• June 11, 2024 - Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality by Renee DiResta

• June 12 - 13, 2024 - TICTeC (The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference)

• Mid-2024 - Final UN AI governance report

• June 18, 2024 - On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service by Dr. Anthony Fauci

• June 22, 2024 - Mauritania election 

• June 28, 2024 – Mongolia election 

• July 11 - 13, 2024 - Netroots Nation 2024

• July 15, 2024 - Rwanda election

• 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

• July 28, 2024 - Venezuela election 

• July 2024 - Burkina Faso election

• August 13, 2024 - What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service 

• August 13, 2024 - On the Edge: How Successful Gamblers and Risk-Takers Think by Nate Silver

• August 19 - 22, 2024 - Democratic Convention, Chicago

• September 2024 - UN Summit of the Future

• September 6-7, 2024: Roblox Developers Conference

• September 16, 2024 - First presidential debate, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

• September 24, 2024: The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley by Marietje Schaake

• September 25, 2024 - Vice presidential debate, Lafayette College, Easton, PA

• September 26-27, 2024 - 3rd Annual Trust & Safety Research Conference

• October 1, 2024 - Second presidential debate, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA

• By October 6, 2024 - Lithuania parliamentary election

• October 6, 2024 - Brazil Municipal Elections

• October 9, 2024 – Mozambique election 

• October 9, 2024 - Third presidential debate, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

• October 20, 2024 - Indonesian Presidential Inauguration

• October 22, 2024: Patriot by Alexei Navalny

• October 26, 2024 - Georgia election 

• October 27, 2024 – Uruguay election 

• November 2024 – Guinea Bissau election 

• November 2024 – Moldova election 

• November 2024 – Romania election 

• November 2024 - Namibia 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 

• November 30, 2024 - Mauritius election 

• December 3 - 5, 2024 - IDU Winter Forum, Washington, DC

• December 7, 2024 - Ghana election 

• December 11, 2024 — U.S. deadline for issuing and sending Certificates of Ascertainment

• December 15, 2024 - Senegal Election (Rescheduled from February)

• December 17, 2024 — U.S. Electors vote

• December 2024 - Algeria election

• TBD – Austria election 

• TBD – Botswana election 

• TBD – Comoros election 

• TBD – Dominica election 

• TBD – Ethiopia election 

• TBD – Iran election 

• TBD – Jordan election 

• TBD – Kiribati election 

• TBD – Madagascar election 

• TBD – Montenegro election 

• TBD – North Korea election

• TBD – San Marino election

• TBD – South Sudan election

• TBD – Sri Lanka 

• TBD – Syria election 

• TBD – Tunisia election

• TBD – Uzbekistan election

2025

• 2025: RightsCon, South Korea

• January 6, 2025 — U.S. Congress counts electoral votes 

• January 20, 2025 — U.S. Inauguration 

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