What I'm Reading - 1/28/24
Welcome to all the new subscribers! I’m really glad you are here. You can read more here if you’re wondering who I am and why I write this newsletter. This is my regular Sunday email with links to things I found interesting over the past week.
This weekend, I’m back on the Eastern Shore. This is my last time for a few weeks as I’m heading to San Francisco to spend a month with the Duco team and see friends in person. I got myself an actual desk out here that I put together on top of doing strategic planning for this newsletter, the podcast, and the new job. I also had some fun at a local bar called the Jetty.
This furniture layout needs help. I’m thinking maybe a rug is needed as well.
There are A LOT of links today, but I struggled to cut them down as they’re all so good. It’s making me wonder if I might need to split the links up over a few days. Maybe one day will be US-focused, and another day will be global. I have to think about it a bit more.
Regardless, there should be something for everyone.
Enjoy!
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Vanity Fair: The Great Tune-Out of 2024
Kristin Soltis Anderson: But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for...
New York Times: Elon Musk Is Spreading Election Misinformation, but X's Fact Checkers Are Long Gone
Bloomberg: US Heads Into Post-Truth Election as Platforms Shun Arbiter Role
Washington Post: AI is destabilizing 'the concept of truth itself' in 2024 election
Washington Post: OpenAI suspends bot developer for presidential hopeful Dean Phillips
NBC News: Fake Joe Biden robocall tells New Hampshire Democrats not to vote Tuesday
Cyberscoop Safe Mode Podcast: Threats to elections in 2024 and a deepfake in New Hampshire
Center for Strategic and International Studies: AI Policy Podcast
Politico: Seeing a viral pro-Biden TikTok? A PAC might have paid for it.
Bloomberg: TikTok’s Deepfaked Dead Show AI Content Control Has Long Way to Go
Brennan Center for Justice: Deepfakes, Elections, and Shrinking the Liar’s Dividend
Statista: Where False Information Is Posing the Biggest Threat
Tech Policy Press: Protecting Children Online — Questions for Five Big Tech CEOs
Washington Post: Should Big Tech get the utility treatment? Courts may soon decide
Psych of Tech: A Concise Social Media Design Election Advocacy Guide for 2024
Brandon Silverman: An update across the transparency world
Aspen Digital: Generative AI Regulation and Cybersecurity
NPR: NPR names tech executive Katherine Maher to lead in turbulent era
Possible Podcast: Katherine Maher on the Future of Trusted Information
Center for News, Technology & Innovation: The Role of Media in Democracy
CNBC: Facebook made a major change after years of PR disasters, and news sites are paying the price
Wired: Most Top News Sites Block AI Bots. Right-Wing Media Welcomes Them
National Review: When Journalism Dies
Morning Consult: How Gen Z Gets Their News
National Science Foundation: Democratizing the future of AI R&D: NSF to launch National AI Research Resource pilot
Africa Center: Africa’s 2024 Elections: Challenges and Opportunities to Regain Democratic Momentum
Politico: Your guide to the 2024 European election in 9 charts
El Salvador Perspectives: 2024 national elections in El Salvador underway
- : From Taiwan to Finland, a story of resilience
European Parliament: Proposal for regulation of the transparency and targeting of political ads
U.S. GAO: Cyber Diplomacy: State's Efforts Aim to Support U.S. Interests and Elevate Priorities
The Times: How the Tories and Labour have spent millions on next general election
European Commission: Commission launches AI innovation package
Tech Global Institute: Reimagining ‘Tech Accountability’ in the Global Majority
Morning Consult: Global Threat Perceptions Report
Richard Allan: UK General Election
DFRLab: How Ukraine fights Russian disinformation: Beehive vs mammoth
Social & Media Matters Podcast: Katie Harbath on Social & Media Matters Talks
Foreign Affairs: The Strategic Case for Democracy Promotion in Asia
Foreign Affairs: The Next Global War: How Today’s Regional Conflicts Resemble the Ones That Produced World War II
European Union External Action: 2nd EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threats
DDIA: Digital Disruption: Milei’s Online Path to the Presidency
In Lieu of Fun Podcast: In Lieu of Fun Live from the Knight Informed Conference with Benjamin Wittes, Kate Klonick, Renee DiResta and Katie Harbath
Knight Foundation: 2024 Informed Conference Recordings
X: Safeguarding Information Independence and Combating Hate Speech
Lawfare: A Gumshoe Reporter's Revealing Behind-the-Scenes Look at Facebook
Hollywood Reporter: Axios Launches Entertainment Division, Lines Up First TV Project With Amazon (Exclusive)
CNN: Jon Stewart to return to ‘The Daily Show’ as a host and executive producer
Vox: Royal Caribbean’s nine-month Ultimate World Cruise has taken over TikTok
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