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Book Event: “The Death of Truth” by Steven Brill
We hosted a special discussion on Wednesday, July 17 at 11am ET with author Steven Brill to discuss his latest book: “The Death of Truth: How Social Media and the…
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Supporting Election Officials: What Tech Companies Should be Doing to Safeguard our Information Environment
Partisan extremists and foreign adversaries are determined to undermine Americans’ confidence and promote inflammatory, false information about how elections are run. With easy access to generative artificial intelligence (AI) at…
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Project Liberty & Issue One Pop-Up: The Possibility of a New Digital Federal Agency
This panel conversation will analyze how a singular regulatory agency would be positioned to address the diversity of challenges posed by advancing technology — from aggressive data collection on digital…
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Women Who Make Democracy Work
Did you know that nearly 80% of all election officials and administrators across the country are women? From poll workers to county clerks, women significantly outnumber men in this critical…
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Silent Struggles: The Negative Impact of Social Media on Boys
Social media is wreaking havoc on the lives of our youth because of a twisted business model that maximizes engagement with negative and extreme content for profit. While girls are…
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Exploiting Our Emotions: How social media is designed to divide and what we can do about it
Our democratic republic is under greater stress than it has been in generations. Why? What are the driving forces? And who’s working on viable solutions? Join Issue One for regular…
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What Can We Trust? Unpacking the Latest Big Tech Hearing
The leaders of the largest Big Tech companies once again came to Washington, D.C., this time to answer to Congress for their failures to protect children online. On…
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Down the Rabbit Hole: How Social Media is Designed to Radicalize its Users
Social media platforms are designed to maximize users’ attention. In order to do so, they employ algorithms that send users down a rabbit hole that promotes the most inflammatory…
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Conspiracies on Social Media: When Nothing Is True, and Everything Is Possible
Conspiracy theories are intriguing, shocking, and often ridiculous. But too often, these theories take hold and have very real consequences, including undermining public trust in the media and…
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The High Cost of High Turnover: How the Departure of Election Officials will Impact the 2024 Elections
On Wednesday, November 1, Issue One hosted a virtual event titled, “The High Cost of High Turnover: How the Departure of Election Officials will Impact the 2024 Elections.” This event…