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Nov 18, 2024 | 
portside.org | Katie Harbath
Elon Musk’s Takeover Published November 17, 2024 The end of October marked two years since Elon Musk walked through Twitter’s doors as its new owner. From the months just before Musk’s takeover to the present, Musk has taken us on a roller-coaster ride of sorts, frequently claiming to make decisions in the name of free speech, while in fact advancing his own power, often to the cheers of those on the right.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
lawfaremedia.org | Katie Harbath
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The end of October marked two years since Elon Musk walked through Twitter’s doors as its new owner. From the months just before Musk’s takeover to the present, Musk has taken us on a roller-coaster ride of sorts, frequently claiming to make decisions in the name of free speech, while in fact advancing his own power, often to the cheers of those on the right.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
persuasion.community | Katie Harbath
This article is brought to you by American Purpose, the magazine and community founded by Francis Fukuyama in 2020, which is now proudly part of the Persuasion family. As the 2024 election cycle enters the home stretch, a new political power player has emerged: social media influencers.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
anchorchange.substack.com | Katie Harbath
Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In this episode, Tim Harper discusses his extensive background in election administration and technology, focusing on the intersection of democracy and technology. He elaborates on his work with the Bipartisan Policy Center's task force aimed at improving election processes, as well as his current role at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), where he addresses the challenges posed by generative AI in elections.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
committees.parliament.uk | Freddie Sayers |Katie Harbath
Communications and Digital Committee takes evidence from former NCSC chief, UnHerd and other industry expertsThe Communications and Digital Committee continues its inquiry into the future of the news. Professor Ciaran Martin, former head of the National Cyber Security Centre; Freddie Sayers, CEO of UnHerd; and other experts discuss the challenges posed by mis/disinformation and the appropriate level of response by industry and government.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
anchorchange.substack.com | Katie Harbath
I’ve been wanting to write this newsletter for a while. When I was at the Aspen/Columbia University AI and elections event last week, I started keeping track of some of the well-trodden talking points that annoy the heck out of me, in addition to some of the key takeaways. I wrote about the key takeaways last weekend, and today, I want to talk about the tropes. Before I do, I want to give some caveats. I’m not saying any of these are false. All have elements of truth in them.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
anchorchange.substack.com | Katie Harbath
Don’t forget you can now also watch these conversations on YouTube!This week, we are diving deep into elections and specifically where people go to get information on the election. Rachel Orey is the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Senior Associate Director where they are responsible for the organization’s election administration policy development, state and federal advocacy efforts, and the BPC Task Force on Elections.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
anchorchange.substack.com | Katie Harbath
Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. This week on the podcast, we are taking you to SXSW and discussing a conversation I had with Sasha Issenberg about his new book, Lie Detectives: How Political Campaigns Fight Disinformation. You might remember him from his popular book Victory Lab, which was published after Obama won.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
anchorchange.substack.com | Katie Harbath
Created via ChatGPT with the prompt “image that depicts everything is politics but politics is not everything.” The tool described the image as: “The image depicting the concept "everything is politics but politics is not everything" is shown above. It illustrates a large, complex machine interwoven with various aspects of everyday life, contrasting with a serene landscape representing areas of life untouched by politics.”Before I get started, there are a few quick things to note.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
anchorchange.substack.com | Katie Harbath
Greetings from Miami, where I’ve been nerding out with some of my favorite people in the world who work at the intersection of technology and democracy. A part of this nerding out has been thinking about the evolution of how platforms have approached elections over the years. Now that we’ve had a handful of platforms announce their 2024 plans, I’m getting a lot of questions about what’s different from 2020.
