Dean Jackson is the principal behind Public Circle Research and Consulting and a specialist in democracy, media, and technology. Previously, he was an investigative analyst with the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol and project manager of the Influence Operations Researchers’ Guild, a component of the Partnership for Countering Influence Operations at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. From 2013 to 2021, Jackson managed research, knowledge-sharing, and program coordination activities related to mis- and disinformation at the National Endowment for 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. He resides in Cleveland with his wife and their retired racing greyhound, Drier.

Dean Jackson

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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