Hello, still from Austin. I’m writing this on Friday as SXSW gets underway, and I’m already jazzed about the vibe and people here. In a future newsletter, I’ll share a recap of what I’m seeing and hearing. Here are some pictures from Friday and Saturday, though.
For today, I want to highlight two things. First, a former Facebook colleague of mine - Caroline Nichols - is putting together a survey of what people would like to experience on social media. It’s anonymous and only takes five minutes if you are willing to lend your voice.
Second, thanks to some hard work by Ana Khizanishvili, we have some new designs in the Panic Responsibly store. We’ve added merch that says:
I Miss Old Twitter
Elections, Everywhere, All At Once 2024 (This design I did on ChatGPT and then Ana cleaned it up)
The word elections in different languages
We also have some new products with the Panic Responsibly logo. Let me know what you think!
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What I’m Reading
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Weekly news podcast co-created by Techdirt’s Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation’s Ben Whitelaw. Each episode looks at the latest news in online speech, covering issues regarding trust & safety, content moderation, regulation, court rulings, new services & technology, and more.
Variety of Democracies: Democracy Report 2024 - Democracy Winning and Losing at the Ballot
Stanford Internet Observatory: Stanford files amicus brief in Murthy v. Missouri pending before U.S. Supreme Court
- : The Known Unknowns of Online Election Interference
- : 2024 Elections: Déjà Vu With a Twist
Accountable Tech: Democracy by Design: Social Media’s Policy Scores
Politico Tech Podcast: What a 2024 campaign looks like online
Business of Politics Podcast: How Campaigns Can Tap into the Creator Economy – Kurt Luidhardt (Prosper Group)
Cloudflare: Cloudflare protects global democracy against threats from emerging technology during the 2024 voting season
Synthesia: Preparing for the global elections cycle of 2024 and beyond
Politico: The Mystery Social Media Account Schooling Congress on How to Do Its Job
Washington Post: Adobe CEO on new era of generative AI and tackling misinformation
BBC: Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images
Foreign Policy: The West Is Still Oblivious to Russia’s Information War
Irish Council for Civil Liberties: Europe should follow Africa's lead on tech and elections
Future Media: Australia's world-first deal between Meta and news collapses, so what's next?
- : How Have Social Media Experiences Changed from 2023-2024
Nature: The relationship between political ideology and judgements of bias in distributional outcomes
OECD: Facts not Fakes: Tackling Disinformation, Strengthening Information Integrity
Economic Times: MeitY approval must for companies to roll out AI, generative AI models
Indian Express: For ‘election integrity’, Centre asks genAI firms to seek nod before use
Al Jazeera: ‘Inflection point’: AI meme wars hit India election, test social platforms
Politico EU: Irish voters reject bid to rewrite constitution’s view of women and family
Associated Press: Organized crime attacks on local candidates raise fears Mexico may face its bloodiest elections ever
Factсheck BY: Election topic on Belarusian Facebook pages in February 2024
Venture Beat: Salesforce aims to blaze new generative AI trail for developers with Einstein 1 Studio | VentureBeat
- : Vertical Development: Feedback at The Achiever Stage
Anthropic: Introducing the next generation of Claude
Integrity Institute: Leadership Advice for New Trust and Safety Leaders
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Thanks for the shout out!!
Just had an amazing week in Boston in a certification program for Trauma-Informed Coaching & Consulting. I'll be metabolizing the learning for a long time. You'd love it - more soon!