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Katie Harbath
Aug 31, 2023
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I had a fantastic day yesterday. Certainly got me out of my exhausted jetlag from Dublin. OpenAI hosted a day-long roundtable at the Bipartisan Policy Center to discuss AI and elections. Not only is it one of my favorite topics, but I got to see so many of my smart friends who are working in this space. We have a lot of tricky questions to tackle, but I’m really glad it’s this group of people helping to do so.

There is lots of new stuff on the calendar, as my friends at Duco Experts let me know about a few more election dates that had been set. We also have a new referendum in Australia and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer hosting tech CEOs for an event on AI in September.

Meta also responded to the Oversight Board’s recommendation on whether or not the Cambodian Prime Minister should be kicked off the platform. They are not doing so because it “would not be consistent with our policies, including our protocol on restricting accounts of public figures during civil unrest.”

Have a great rest of your day, and start of the long weekend if you are in the States. I’ll be heading to the Eastern Shore to catch up on work mostly, but I also plan on exploring Easton and hopefully catching some crabs.

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Calendar

🚨 NEW 🚨

  • September 1, 2023 - Singapore election

  • September 13, 2023 - Schumer hosts Tech Leaders on AI 

  • September 29, 2023 - Eswatini election

  • October 3, 2023 - Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post by Marty Baron

  • October 8, 2023 - Luxembourg election

  • October 14, 2023 - Australian referendum on First Nations people

  • October 15, 2023 - Ecuador second round presidential election

  • October 18, 2023 - Public comments due to the US Copyright Office on AI

  • October 29, 2023 - Mali election

  • November 1-2, 2023 - UK AI Summit

  • November 9, 2023 - Madagascar election

  • January 28, 2024 - Finland election

  • February 2024 – Pakistan election (delayed from 2023)

  • March 4, 2024 - Trump Washington trial starts

  • June 2, 2024 - Mexico election

Topics to keep an eye on:

  • Next round of Code of practice on disinformation platform reports

  • Facebook 2020 election research 

    • 4/16 have been published

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

Upcoming Dates

  • August/September - 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 14, 2023 - Fifth Congressional Hackathon

  • September 19, 2023 - UN General Assembly high-level debate begins

  • September 19-21, 2023 - TechCrunch Disrupt

  • September 26-27, 2023 - Code Conference

  • September 26, 2023 - UCLA: How Should Platforms Handle Election Speech and Disinformation in 2024?

  • September 27, 2023 - Meta connect 

  • September 27, 2023 - Second GOP Primary Debate

  • September 27-29, 2023: Athens Democracy Forum

  • September 27-29, 2023 - American Democracy Summit

  • 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

  • October 2023 – Oman election

  • October 2, 2023 - Trump Org. civil fraud suit (Trump trial)

  • October 8, 2023 - Luxembourg election

  • October 10, 2023 – Liberia election

  • October 14, 2023 – New Zealand election

  • October 15, 2023 - Poland Election

  • October 15, 2023 - Ecuador second round

  • October 16, 2023 - FEC public comment period deadline on use of AI in political ads

  • October 16-18, 2023 - WSJ Tech Live

  • October 22, 2023 – Switzerland election

  • October 22, 2023 – Argentina election

  • October 2023 – Gabon election

  • October 2023 – Ukraine election

  • October 2023 – Commission on Presidential Debates expected to announce 2024 dates and locations

  • November 9, 2023 - Madagascar election

  • November 14, 2023 – Book Release, Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets by Jeff Horwitz 

  • November 15, 2023 - Aspen Cyber Summit

  • November 20, 2023 – Marshall Islands election

  • November 29, 2023 – Argentina election

  • November 30, 2023 - National Conference on Citizenship - 2023 Annual Conference on Citizenship: The Future of Citizenship

  • 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 – Myanmar election

  • TBD – Gabon election

  • TBD – Haiti election

  • TBD – Libya 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 13, 2024 – Taiwan election 

  • February 4, 2024 – El Salvador election 

  • February 8, 2024 - Nevada GOP Caucus

  • February 14, 2024 – Indonesia election 

  • February 25, 2024 – Senegal election 

  • February 25, 2024 – Belarus election 

  • March 5, 2024 - Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher

  • 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 2, 2024 – Mexico election 

  • June 6-9, 2024 - EU Parliament Elections

  • July 15 - 18, 2024 - Republican National Convention

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

  • October 9, 2024 – Mozambique election 

  • 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 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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