Speaking & Media

I regularly speak with academic, policy, industry, and media audiences about information quality, digital platforms, AI, research access, and technology governance.

40+ talks & briefings since 2021 Academic · Government · Industry · Media

Academic & research

2024
Trust & Safety Research ConferenceStanford Internet Observatory
2024
Rumors, Disinformation, Conspiracy Theories — From Gutenberg to Social Media and AIColumbia University
2024
Misinformation in Times of ConflictCarnegie Mellon University
2023
Global Tech Policy at a Turning PointBrown University Information Futures Lab
2023
Trust & Safety Research Conference: Crowdsourced Information JudgmentsStanford Law School
2022
The Shaping of Our Political Landscape: Technology, Disinformation & PolarizationCarnegie Mellon Heinz College
2022
Political Economy Speaker SeriesNYU Stern
2022
Mapping Political Trends Through TwitterImmigration Policy Lab / CSMaP

Technology & industry

2024
The Future of SearchMoffettNathanson · Keynote
2024
The Future of Search Engines in the Age of AINYU Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics
2024
Data Transfer Summit: Empowerment Through PortabilityData Transfer Initiative
2024
Can We Rebuild Trust in the Information Environment?Center for News, Technology & Innovation / CSMaP
2024
Nature search paper findingsGoogle
2023
OpenAI Elections WorkshopOpenAI
2023
Do Your Own ResearchJigsaw / Google Research Seminar
2022
Meta Oversight Board RoundtableAnnenberg Public Policy Center

Government & policy

2024
The Intersection of Social Media & DemocracyU.S. Department of State
2024
Misinformation and Disinformation: Is Democracy in Crisis?R Street Institute
2024
Youth-Driven Tech for Social GoodUnited Nations Commission on Social Development
2023
Countering Holocaust Distortion and DenialU.S. Department of State
2023
Tech for Women Human Rights Defenders DelegationNational Democratic Institute / DCA
2022
Roundtable on Researcher Access to Platform DataCenter for Democracy & Technology / Rep. Lori Trahan
2022
Measuring Interventions WorkshopCarnegie Endowment / PCIO
2021
Evidence and Learning Talk SeriesUSAID

This is a selected record. I have given more than 40 talks and briefings since 2021, including additional conference presentations, workshops, and private briefings.

The Atlantic · 2025

Would You Give PornHub Your ID? ↗

Good on Paper podcast on age-verification laws and user adaptation.

NPR · 2023

Morning Edition ↗

Interview on children’s online-safety policy and platform responsibility.

C-SPAN · 2023

Artificial Intelligence and the 2024 Campaign ↗

Interview on generative AI and elections.

CBS News · 2023

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to Testify Before Congress ↗

Television interview on TikTok legislation and platform policy.

Tech Policy Leaders · 2022

Zeve Sanderson: Researching Social Media & Politics ↗

Podcast interview about research, platforms, and public policy.

Politico

Twitter’s costly data ↗

Quoted on academic access to platform data.

Popular Science · 2021

Facebook’s possible name change, explained ↗

Quoted on Meta’s metaverse strategy.

PolitiFact · 2023

From farming to doomsday prepping ↗

Quoted on conspiracy content and YouTube.

TIME · 2022

How TikTok, Meta and Twitter prepared for the midterms ↗

Quoted on election information and platform interventions.

Associated Press · 2023

Elon Musk threatens to reassign NPR’s Twitter account ↗

Quoted on information integrity and changes at Twitter.

New York Times · 2022

As Midterms Loom, Elections Are No Longer Top Priority for Meta, TikTok and Twitter ↗

Quoted on platform election policies and the changing information environment around the 2022 midterms.

New York Times DealBook · 2022

DealBook coverage ↗

Quoted on social platforms, political information, and the 2022 midterm environment.

Al Jazeera English

Interview on Twitter under Elon Musk ↗

Television interview on changes at Twitter and their implications for the information environment.

NBC News · 2023

Israel-Hamas war misinformation is harder to track as social media platforms pull back ↗

Quoted on platform data access and the challenges of tracking online information during the Israel–Hamas war.