Georgia Lyon (she/her)
@gjlcomms.bsky.social
Comms Associate for Issue One's Council for Responsible Social Media | Pro Democracy | Published Author
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Trump's call for the execution of elected leaders and veterans who advocated for our Constitution and the rule of law is insanity. Preserving our democratic norms shouldn't be cause for controversy.
Our statement: https://issueone.org/press/trump-accuses-democrats-of-seditious-behavior/
Our statement: https://issueone.org/press/trump-accuses-democrats-of-seditious-behavior/
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Trump's call for the execution of elected leaders and veterans who advocated for our Constitution and the rule of law is insanity. Preserving our democratic norms shouldn't be cause for controversy.
Our statement: https://issueone.org/press/trump-accuses-democrats-of-seditious-behavior/
Our statement: https://issueone.org/press/trump-accuses-democrats-of-seditious-behavior/
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Despite the lack of transparency from Big Tech, we know that algorithm is designed to keep you scrolling for as long as possible.
This is how they do it: https://tinyurl.com/386spucv
This is how they do it: https://tinyurl.com/386spucv
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Despite the lack of transparency from Big Tech, we know that algorithm is designed to keep you scrolling for as long as possible.
This is how they do it: https://tinyurl.com/386spucv
This is how they do it: https://tinyurl.com/386spucv
Big Tech companies like Meta know all too well that their products are addictive and dangerous for kids. It will be interesting to see how Meta responds to the congressional testimony from the two new whistleblowers later this afternoon: www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...
How many times will Big Tech show us that they will never put young users first? Their personal wellbeing and privacy goes against the bottom line — if Meta won't protect our kids, Congress should make them.
September 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Big Tech companies like Meta know all too well that their products are addictive and dangerous for kids. It will be interesting to see how Meta responds to the congressional testimony from the two new whistleblowers later this afternoon: www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...
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“When governments control access to information and are able to define the narrative and dictate what we know, we lose more than our freedoms. We lose the ability to see the world for what it is. We lose our humanity.” https://thereformcompass.substack.com/p/democracy-profiles-wong-law
Democracy Profiles: Joshua Wong and Nathan Law
Editor’s Note: This profile is part of The Reform Compass’ special series showcasing influential figures and their perso
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September 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“When governments control access to information and are able to define the narrative and dictate what we know, we lose more than our freedoms. We lose the ability to see the world for what it is. We lose our humanity.” https://thereformcompass.substack.com/p/democracy-profiles-wong-law
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Members of Congress should be working for the American people — not taking advantage of inside information.
We applaud the bipartisan legislation introduced in the House today that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks while in office.
We applaud the bipartisan legislation introduced in the House today that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks while in office.
September 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Members of Congress should be working for the American people — not taking advantage of inside information.
We applaud the bipartisan legislation introduced in the House today that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks while in office.
We applaud the bipartisan legislation introduced in the House today that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks while in office.
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I am honored to announce the release of groundbreaking @freepress.bsky.social research & analysis with our inaugural "Media Capitulation Index" which examines how major corporate media companies are bending the knee to Trump & those in power. Check out the rankings & @timkarr.bsky.social analysis:
Who Owns the Media
Who owns the 35 most powerful media companies in America? Learn how these giants came to dominate the U.S. media landscape through mergers, acquisition and manipulation. Free Press rates their ability...
www.freepress.net
July 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I am honored to announce the release of groundbreaking @freepress.bsky.social research & analysis with our inaugural "Media Capitulation Index" which examines how major corporate media companies are bending the knee to Trump & those in power. Check out the rankings & @timkarr.bsky.social analysis:
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are you tired of being brainwashed by the mainstream media?
July 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
are you tired of being brainwashed by the mainstream media?
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Issue One’s analysis of newly filed federal reports found that eight of the largest tech companies spent a combined $36M on federal lobbying during the first half of 2025.
Check it out: https://shorturl.at/EAz7u
Check it out: https://shorturl.at/EAz7u
July 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Issue One’s analysis of newly filed federal reports found that eight of the largest tech companies spent a combined $36M on federal lobbying during the first half of 2025.
Check it out: https://shorturl.at/EAz7u
Check it out: https://shorturl.at/EAz7u
#BigTech billionaires do not care about people nor protecting democracy. Instead, they want:
--to wipe out people and make way for #AI.
--to have this new, AI post-human species be defined as "humanity."
--to have "humanity" rule the world and universe.
It's #posthumanism, and it's creepy.
--to wipe out people and make way for #AI.
--to have this new, AI post-human species be defined as "humanity."
--to have "humanity" rule the world and universe.
It's #posthumanism, and it's creepy.
If we are to effectively combat the AI industry’s accelerating push to build digital gods in the form of AGI, we have to understand the ideological underpinnings of the antihumanist project, writes Dr. Émile P. Torres.
Digital Eugenics and the Extinction of Humanity | TechPolicy.Press
If we are to combat the AI industry’s push to build digital gods, we have to understand the ideology of the antihumanist project, writes Dr. Émile P. Torres.
www.techpolicy.press
July 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#BigTech billionaires do not care about people nor protecting democracy. Instead, they want:
--to wipe out people and make way for #AI.
--to have this new, AI post-human species be defined as "humanity."
--to have "humanity" rule the world and universe.
It's #posthumanism, and it's creepy.
--to wipe out people and make way for #AI.
--to have this new, AI post-human species be defined as "humanity."
--to have "humanity" rule the world and universe.
It's #posthumanism, and it's creepy.
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I think a real driving force in the popularity of chatbots is the perception that they're *not* like everything else in the world: manipulable, edited, guided, compromised, etc nymag.com/intelligence...
July 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I think a real driving force in the popularity of chatbots is the perception that they're *not* like everything else in the world: manipulable, edited, guided, compromised, etc nymag.com/intelligence...
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Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
July 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
This kind of violent rhetoric is especially dangerous after someone literally disguised himself as a cop and shot/killed Minnesota state legislators and their families. Our leaders should emphasize de-escalation and civil discourse that helps our democracy instead.
Threatening or implying violence on elected officials that don't agree with you is not a good look. Respect for the rule of law, diversity in opinions, and productive dialogue are key to ensuring democracy. www.usatoday.com/sto...
Newsom should be 'tarred and feathered' for defying Trump, Speaker Johnson says
House Speaker Mike Johnson said California Gov. Gavin Newsom is keeping the Trump administration from implementing federal immigration law
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June 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This kind of violent rhetoric is especially dangerous after someone literally disguised himself as a cop and shot/killed Minnesota state legislators and their families. Our leaders should emphasize de-escalation and civil discourse that helps our democracy instead.
The decision to bring the #NationalGuard to LA against the governor's wishes will do nothing for public safety nor national security. It will only normalize a precedent for the federal government overriding states' authority and erode the distinction between law enforcement and the military.
In response to the alarming news that the Trump administration bypassed CA authorities by deploying the National Guard to quell civil protests in LA, Issue One's VP of Advocacy Alix Fraser provided the following statement: issueone.org/press/d...
June 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The decision to bring the #NationalGuard to LA against the governor's wishes will do nothing for public safety nor national security. It will only normalize a precedent for the federal government overriding states' authority and erode the distinction between law enforcement and the military.
My Issue One colleagues found that #BigTech companies have poured more than a quarter billion dollars into shaping policy in the last few years. If this isn't evidence that their money is distorting our society, our #democracy, and our fundamental sense of shared reality, I don't know what is.
We are engaged in a fight over who governs in a democracy: the people, or the Big Tech companies, argue Issue One’s Alix Fraser, Michael Beckel, Liana Keesing, Mia Minkin, and Isabel Sunderland. If we want technology to serve the public rather than exploit it, they write, the time to act is now.
The Tech Money Machine: How Silicon Valley Buys Power — and Shapes Reality | TechPolicy.Press
Big Tech's power is not limited to wealth or lobbying; it controls the spaces where much of the public debate occurs.
www.techpolicy.press
May 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
My Issue One colleagues found that #BigTech companies have poured more than a quarter billion dollars into shaping policy in the last few years. If this isn't evidence that their money is distorting our society, our #democracy, and our fundamental sense of shared reality, I don't know what is.
At least Zuckerberg has one more year until 42. By then he should know that the meaning of life is protecting children and your country, not creating companies that throw everyone else under so bus so that you can make more profit.
Happy Birthday Mark Zuckerberg!
We hope your 41th trip around the sun has more respect for user privacy and less kowtowing to hostile foreign governments, but we’re not holding our breath
We hope your 41th trip around the sun has more respect for user privacy and less kowtowing to hostile foreign governments, but we’re not holding our breath
May 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
At least Zuckerberg has one more year until 42. By then he should know that the meaning of life is protecting children and your country, not creating companies that throw everyone else under so bus so that you can make more profit.
I can't believe no one has said this yet, but this is #corruption in plane sight. ✈️ www.npr.org/2025/05/12/n...
Ethics experts worry about the implications of Trump accepting Qatar's luxury plane
Experts tell NPR the gift violates the Foreign Emoluments Clause and raises questions about what Qatar might expect from Trump in return. It's not clear whether critics in Congress can stop it from ha...
www.npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I can't believe no one has said this yet, but this is #corruption in plane sight. ✈️ www.npr.org/2025/05/12/n...
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An AI-fueled Russian disinfo op was struggling to get any traction — until it ginned up a fake news video about USAID, earning a repost from Elon Musk.
A look at the 'numbers game' of state-backed disinfo and how AI is tilting the odds in the trolls' favor: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A look at the 'numbers game' of state-backed disinfo and how AI is tilting the odds in the trolls' favor: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | A Russian fake news ring was struggling. Then it targeted USAID.
An AI-fueled disinfo operation was struggling to catch on until it struck a chord on the right with false claims about USAID
www.washingtonpost.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
An AI-fueled Russian disinfo op was struggling to get any traction — until it ginned up a fake news video about USAID, earning a repost from Elon Musk.
A look at the 'numbers game' of state-backed disinfo and how AI is tilting the odds in the trolls' favor: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A look at the 'numbers game' of state-backed disinfo and how AI is tilting the odds in the trolls' favor: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Must read: @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy on Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
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pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/z...
April 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Must read: @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy on Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/z...
pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/z...
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There's a current trend of cybersecurity and national security programs that protect against foreign interference being undermined. The unfortunate reality is that when these national security safeguards are dismantled, the American people are the ones who suffer.
issueone.org/press/elimin...
issueone.org/press/elimin...
Issue One criticizes elimination of State Department office countering foreign disinformation - Issue One
In response to today’s news that the State Department would eliminate the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI) Hub, an office that tracks and counters foreign disinformat...
issueone.org
April 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There's a current trend of cybersecurity and national security programs that protect against foreign interference being undermined. The unfortunate reality is that when these national security safeguards are dismantled, the American people are the ones who suffer.
issueone.org/press/elimin...
issueone.org/press/elimin...
If they can do it to him, they will feel emboldened to do it to anyone in the United States, including you. Democracy and human rights cannot exist in a society where the most powerful are above the law.
The rule of law is not optional.
In response to tensions between the Trump admin. and judiciary over the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the MD man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, our VP of Advocacy Alix Fraser released the following statement: issueone.org/press/t...
In response to tensions between the Trump admin. and judiciary over the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the MD man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, our VP of Advocacy Alix Fraser released the following statement: issueone.org/press/t...
April 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If they can do it to him, they will feel emboldened to do it to anyone in the United States, including you. Democracy and human rights cannot exist in a society where the most powerful are above the law.
The House just passed the SAVE Act earlier today. Despite its name, it would take power away from the people and would put the freedom to vote in danger for millions of Americans. Hopefully, the Senate will see the problems with this bill and not pass it.
The SAVE Act puts unnecessary burdens on election officials & volunteers. More costs. More training. More confusion. All with no funding. We need election policies that work.
Our statement: issueone.org/press/i...
Our statement: issueone.org/press/i...
April 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The House just passed the SAVE Act earlier today. Despite its name, it would take power away from the people and would put the freedom to vote in danger for millions of Americans. Hopefully, the Senate will see the problems with this bill and not pass it.
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The 2020 election was free and fair, and Donald Trump lost.
And he is now targeting public servants like Chris Krebs, then head of CISA, who told the truth about that.
And he is now targeting public servants like Chris Krebs, then head of CISA, who told the truth about that.
April 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The 2020 election was free and fair, and Donald Trump lost.
And he is now targeting public servants like Chris Krebs, then head of CISA, who told the truth about that.
And he is now targeting public servants like Chris Krebs, then head of CISA, who told the truth about that.
The opening testimony of #Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams before the Senate Judiciary Committee once again shows that social media companies will always put money before national security, free speech concerns, and #democracy: www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...
A Time for Truth: Oversight of Meta’s Foreign Relations and Representations to the United States Congress | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
www.judiciary.senate.gov
April 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The opening testimony of #Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams before the Senate Judiciary Committee once again shows that social media companies will always put money before national security, free speech concerns, and #democracy: www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...
Summary: "Oops, I opened my mouth, and now trillions of dollars have vanished from the stock market."
If this doesn't show how unaccountable social media companies are distorting reality, I don't know what does. www.npr.org/2025/04/07/n...
If this doesn't show how unaccountable social media companies are distorting reality, I don't know what does. www.npr.org/2025/04/07/n...
How a false X post about pausing tariffs led to multitrillion-dollar market swings
What began as a misquoted Fox News interview led to a flood of false and misleading posts on X. Before it was corrected, stock markets rallied then plummeted again.
www.npr.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Summary: "Oops, I opened my mouth, and now trillions of dollars have vanished from the stock market."
If this doesn't show how unaccountable social media companies are distorting reality, I don't know what does. www.npr.org/2025/04/07/n...
If this doesn't show how unaccountable social media companies are distorting reality, I don't know what does. www.npr.org/2025/04/07/n...