Dean Jackson, a contributing editor at Tech Policy Press and principal of Public Circle LLC, was the analyst responsible for the January 6th Committee’s investigation into the role of large social media platforms in the insurrection. As a freelance writer and researcher, he covers the intersection between technology, media, and democracy. He holds an MA in international relations from the University of Chicago and a BA in political science from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

Dean Jackson

The Far Right’s War on Content Moderation Comes to Europe

An Eight-Year Struggle for Accountability in the US Ends in Defeat

The Science of Social Media's Role in January 6

We Know a Little About Meta’s “Break Glass” Measures. We Should Know More.

Russian Indictments Highlight US Limitations in Fighting Disinformation

Design Codes and the Courts

What Comes After Murthy v Missouri

The California Age Appropriate Design Code Act May Be the Most Important Piece of Tech Legislation You’ve Never Heard Of

What the Fate of the Stanford Internet Observatory Means for Disinformation Research

Forget Deepfakes: Social Listening Might be the Most Consequential Use of Generative AI in Politics

Elon Musk’s Malign Influence in Brazil

Unpacking the Oral Argument in Murthy v. Missouri

Podcast: What's at Stake in Murthy v Missouri?

How to Counter Disinformation Based on Science

First Amendment Defenders and the Supreme Court Should Reject the Jawboning Bogeyman

Insiders’ View of the January 6th Committee’s Social Media Investigation

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