I always called the EU the dog that caught the regulatory car. Them and other governments around the world are about to find out how hard content moderation can be.
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On this week's Impossible Tradeoffs podcast, we talk to Professor Prof Kate Dommett, who has researched if the narratives about the use of data in campaigns harms democracy are true. Spoiler: The narratives often don't match the reality of what is happening.

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Democracy is being put to the test in over 60 elections this year.

For This Is Not A Drill - with Gavin Esler I spoke to the esteemed LarryDiamond, and the deeply knowledgeable Katie Harbath, about how the autocracy/democracy battle is looking, what to expect, and what's at stake: listen.podmasters.uk/TINAD2305tech?…

Just going to put this out there in the world. Can someone please do a conversation between incoming CSPAN CEO Sam Feist and new NPR CEO Katherine Maher on the future of non-profit/public broadcasting?

Some J-Schoolers enjoyed a Washington Nationals game on Sunday while in Washington D.C. for the Anthony Shadid Award ceremony. Thanks to Valerie Todryk Krebs for hosting!

Top: Katy Culver, Owen Ullmann, Katie Harbath, Jason M. Shepard
Bottom: David Maraniss, Marit Barkve

It was a helluva thing to witness. Beth Becker 👠🤠 and I can’t stop talking about it. To see artists like Eric Church Music, @taylorswift and BEYONCÉ take these kinds of risks with their music is brave and should be celebrated.

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Hello DC Badgers! The 2024 #ShadidAward ceremony will take place in DC on May 6 and feature UW alum Manu Raju (CNN) in convo with fellow Badger Katie Harbath. Alums who graduated in 2014 and after can register in-person at the 'young alum' rate of $20.
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On this week's podcast, I welcome the incomparable Kate Klonick (Kate Klonick) to talk all things online governance, the tech cases at the Supreme Court and why the golden age of tech accountability might be over.

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I get asked a lot about how I went out on my own and started Anchor Change three years ago, so I wrote a piece about some of the lessons I've learned over the last three years.

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We're mere weeks away from our 2024 #ShadidAward ceremony in Washington, DC. Join us as we honor this year's winners and hear from special guest Manu Raju, in convo w/ Katie Harbath. It's always a warm, energizing and thoughtful night! Join us: ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2024-shadid-aw…

To what extent can the government’s power to speak be used to combat online misinfo before it becomes “jawboning” against the free speech rights of private actors? 👾

Watch our all-new film 'JAWBONED: Miss Information vs. Free Speech' featuring nicole saad bembridge, Will Duffield,

On the Impossible Tradeoffs podcast this week, we have former online troll hunter and influence operations expert Olga Belogolova (Оlga Belogolova 🌻) to discuss lies, damn lies and disinformation.

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I am excited to share a project I worked on with Google to put together an Election Coalitions Playbook. The playbook has seven case studies from election coalitions in France, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Nigeria, and the Philippines.

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Get your own at panicresponsibly.com!

This from Katie Harbath is so great. I agree with all the points for which I have independent knowledge/opinions, and am grateful to learn from her about the rest.

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When thinking about how AI technology will impact elections, Nate Persily cautions that frameworks based on social media's effect on elections are not comparable to these new, emerging threats.

Watch more of his conversation with Katie Harbath ⏯️ ow.ly/UhJV50R62zP

📢NEW FROM ME!

On the TikTok ban, the danger of abandoning defense of speech to extremists, & how the liberal tendency to assume a just state 'outside the scope of this paper' leads to confused law/policy that can exacerbate the problems platforms pose.

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