Happy Thursday! I’m struggling with how to open this newsletter, as there’s so much going on, and I’m not sure where to start.
What I can say is enjoy these last few weeks of summer because Fall is going to be here before you know it, and it is going to be busy.
Things are starting even now. I’ve added to the calendar below a bunch of tech conferences happening in September and October. I also want to flag that Poland announced its election date of October 15, and Pakistan’s parliament was dissolved, which means that their election needs to be held no later than November 8th.
We also saw this week the Biden administration finally submitting their thoughts on the Texas and Florida content moderation bills in front of the Supreme Court - opening the path for the court to take that up in their next term.
Next week the things I’m watching are the first GOP debate, Meta’s responses to two Oversight Board decisions in Brazil and Cambodia, and the Guatemalan and Zimbabwe elections. I’ll write more about all of those next week.
I’ve also included some job openings that have crossed my radar recently.
Have a great weekend. I’ll be back Sunday with my list of what I’m reading.
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Calendar
🚨 NEW 🚨
September 19-21, 2023 - TechCrunch Disrupt
September 26-27, 2023 - Code Conference
September 27-29, 2023 - American Democracy Summit
October 15, 2023 - Poland Election
October 16-18, 2023 - WSJ Tech Live
November 8, 2023 – Pakistan election (held no later than Nov 8)
November 30, 2023 - National Conference on Citizenship - 2023 Annual Conference on Citizenship: The Future of Citizenship
February 8, 2024 - Nevada GOP Caucus
March 5, 2024 - Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher
Topics to keep an eye on:
Next round of Code of practice on disinformation platform reports
TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped
Upcoming Dates
August 20, 2023 - Guatemala runoff
August 21, 2023 - Meta responses to Oversight Board recommendations in Brazil election case due
August 23, 2023 - Zimbabwe Election
August-2023 – Eswatini election
August 23, 2023 - First GOP Presidential Primary Debate
August 28, 2023 - Meta response due to Oversight Board decision on Cambodian Prime Minister
August - End of UK parliamentary session. Must pass Online Safety Bill by then.
Mid-September: All Tech Is Human - Responsible Tech Summit NYC
September 10, 2023: Russia to hold elections in four Ukrainian provinces
September 19, 2023 - UN General Assembly high-level debate begins
September 27, 2023 - Meta connect
September 27, 2023 - Second GOP Primary Debate
September 27-29, 2023: Athens Democracy Forum
September 28-29, 2023 - Trust & Safety Research Conference
TBD September: Atlantic Festival
TBD September: Unfinished Live
September 2023 – Bhutan election
September 2023 – Tuvalu election
September 9, 2023 – Maldives election
September 28-29, 2023 - The Atlantic Festival
September 30, 2023 – Slovakia election
September 2023 – Rwanda election
October 2023 – Oman election
October 15, 2023 Poland election
October 2, 2023 - Trump Org. civil fraud suit (Trump trial)
October 10, 2023 – Liberia election
October 14, 2023 – New Zealand election
October 22, 2023 – Switzerland election
October 29, 2023 – Argentina election
October 2023 – Gabon election
October 2023 – Ukraine election
November 8, 2023 – Pakistan election
November 15, 2023 - Aspen Cyber Summit
November 20, 2023 – Marshall Islands election
November 29, 2023 – Argentina election
December 1-3, 2023: Build Peace 2023 Conference
December 20, 2023 – Democratic Republic of the Congo election
December 2023 –Togo election
2023 or 2024 – Peru election
TBD – Dominica election
TBD – Luxembourg election
TBD – Myanmar election
TBD – Spain election
TBD – Gabon election
TBD – Madagascar election
TBD – Haiti election
TBD – Libya election
TBD – Singapore 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 2024 – Finland election
January 13, 2024 – Taiwan election
February 4, 2024 – El Salvador election
February 4, 2024 – Mali election
February 14, 2024 – Indonesia election
February 25, 2024 – Senegal election
February 25, 2024 – Belarus election
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 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 6-9, 2024 - EU Parliament Elections
July 7, 2024 – Mexico election
July 15 - 18, 2024 - Republican National Convention
August 19 - 22, 2024 - Democratic Convention, Chicago
October 27, 2024 – Uruguay election
October 2024 – Mozambique 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
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