A last-minute set of circumstances led me to be able to attend events on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum this year. I wanted to share some thoughts, but first a disclaimer: these are based on being in and around Davos for the past few days, but in the stratified system of the elite, I wasn’t even able to step foot in the Kongress Center where the main World Economic Forum takes place. Maybe next year. 

DemTech Wrapped 2022 is here. All year we’ve worked to make tech work for democracy As we look forward to 2023, we wanted to share with you what we’ve been up to. 

On Tuesday, Twitter filed  a lawsuit against the Indian government with the aim of overturning orders to remove content injurious  to the Modi administration.

The Taiwan National Communications Commission has approved the draft Digital Intermediary Service Act, legislation which would require platforms to improve content moderation, transparency, and localization.

21 June

Hackers linked to the Chinese Communist Party are exploiting a recently discovered Microsoft vulnerability to target external dissident groups, most notably the Tibetan government in exile.

28 April

14 April

Former content moderators are reigniting the debate over effective content moderation by suing big tech platforms for poor working conditions and psychological trauma.

On Tuesday, the authentication platform Okta reported that its servers had been breached, potentially imperiling thousands of customers.