Taking the Long View - 6/17/25
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Calendar
NEW
September 25-26, 2025: Tickets on sale for Trust and Safety Researchers Conference
Jan 23-24, 2026 - Political Tech Summit
Topics to keep an eye on
Punchbowl: US Senate Calendar
Advanced Advocacy 2025 Calendar of Association and Organization Events
TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped
Upcoming Dates
June 17, 2025 - Virginia gubernatorial primary
June 24, 2025 - New York mayoral primary
June 25-27, 2025 - GlobalFact Conference, Rio de Janeiro
August 5, 2025 - Detroit mayoral primary
July 1-2, 2025 - Call for Papers & Panels - ‘We, the People’ and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches
July 2, 2025 - Federal Agencies Must Convene AI Governance Board and Chief AI Officer Council
July 8, 2025 - 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf
July 21-23, 2025 - TrustCon 2025
July 22, 2025 - White House AI "action plan" due
June 24, 2025 - How I Found Myself in the Midwest: A Memoir of Reinvention by Steve Grove
August 7-10, 2025 DEF CON
August 17, 2025 - Bolivia General Election
August 18-22, 2025 - Leadership Institute Campaign Management School
September 2025: How to Save the Internet: The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict By Nick Clegg
September 1, 2025 - The Information Animal: Humans, Technology and the Competition for Reality by Alicia Wanless
September 8, 2025 - Norway Election
September 9, 2025 - All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation by Elizabeth Gilbert
September 11, 2025 - All Tech Is Human: Responsible Tech Summit
September 16, 2025 - National Conference on Citizenship Annual Conference
September 16, 2025 - Malawi Election
September 25-26, 2025 - Trust and Safety Research Conference
September 27, 2025 - Seychelles Election
September 30, 2025` - Jamaica Election
September 30, 2025 - Emily Baker-White: Every Screen on the Planet: The War Over Tiktok
September 30, 2025 - Federal Agencies Must Develop and release AI strategy and Submit Compliance Plan
October 2025 - Czech Parliamentary Election
October 2025 - Qatar Election
October 1-3, 2025 - Athens Democracy Forum
October 5, 2025 - Cameroon Election
October 25, 2025 - Côte D'Ivoire Election
October 26, 2025 - Argentina Election
October 27, 2025 - Ireland Election
October 28, 2025 - Tanzania Election
October 29, 2025 - Netherlands Snap Election
November 2025 - Honduras Election
November 4, 2025 - Off-year elections in NJ, VA, NYC, Boston, Miami, San Antonio and St. Louis amongst others
November 15, 2025 - Haiti Election
November 16, 2025 - Chile Election
November 30, 2025 - Guinea Bissau Election
November 30, 2025 - Honduras Election
November-2025 - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Election
December-2025 - Central African Republic Election
December 29, 2025 - Federal Agencies Must Update internal policies on AI and Develop a Generative AI policy
2025 - Cameroon Parliamentary Elections
2025 - Egypt Election
2025 - Guinea Election
2025 - Guyana Election
2025 - Japan Election
2025 - Kyrgyzstan Election
2025 - Moldova Election
2025 - Niger Election
2025 - Singapore Election
2025 - Tonga Election
2026
Jan 23-24, 2026 - Political Tech Summit
March 12-18, 2026 - SXSW
May 19, 2026 - Companies have to have process in place to comply with Take It Down Act