Neverending Cat and Mouse: Are Online Companies Prepared for 2024 Elections? ft. Katie Harbath

With some 65 elections across 54 countries slated for 2024, how can social media and other online companies prepare? Katie Harbath, Chief Executive for Anchor Change and a fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, shares how companies, individuals and government entities can support election integrity, increase transparency around artificial intelligence, and combat mis- and malinformation. 

 Previously Katie was a public policy director at Facebook (now Meta) where, over the course of ten years, she was credited with building out and leading a 30-person global team responsible for managing elections. Prior to Facebook, Katie held senior strategic digital roles at the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, DCI Group and multiple campaigns. 

 Links in this episode: 

• Integrity Institute, Elections integrity best practices
• A Brief History of Tech and Elections
• EU Regulatory Framework on AI
• EU Digital Services Act