Record, reflect, report: At lightspeed

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Artificial Intelligence

As Lynwood Unified moves forward with integrating artificial intelligence technologies into the classroom, the district is assembling an AI Taskforce to help guide this process. Download Resources

• Quality education

• Artificial Intelligence
• Procurement
• Procurement oversight

The report serves as an entry point to this ‘forecasting’ stream of work that organizations working in the digital rights ecosystem often overlook, especially when resources are scarce, and they are focused on current challenges and ongoing projects.

• reports

• Advocacy tech
• Emerging tech
• Learn about civic tech

We are a network of ten established organizations working in the global majority, that collaborate to strengthen the digital resilience of the social justice ecosystem.

• Advocacy tech
• Partner networks and coalitions

ControlAI is a non-profit organisation that works to reduce the risks to humanity from artificial intelligence.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Alignment

Pix is an online platform open for everyone to assess, develop, and certify your digital skills

• Digital literacy
• Economic development
• Upskilling

The Open Gov Challenge Awards recognize the best initiatives submitted to the Open Gov Challenge, a global call to action aimed to encourage ambition in ten areas of open government critical to strengthening our democracies.

• Govtech
• Awards and prizes

parlament.fyi ist Österreichs erste KI-basierte Plattform über Politik. Künstliche Intelligenz fasst Beschlüsse und Reden aus dem Nationalrat einfach zusammen und liefert kompakte Analysen zu Sprachmustern und Argumenten der Parteien. Ergebnisse aus der Politik werden damit für alle leichter zugänglich und transparent.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

Custom Merch, USA & Union Made, Eco-Friendly

• Merchandise

Global Voices has launched a special series on how the decimation of US aid funding is affecting Global Majority nations and marginalized communities.

• Project 2025

• Get funding
• Journalism

A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity
• Connectivity

• Digital literacy
• Diversity & Inclusion

Soon Ranking Digital Rights will release the Generative AI Accountability Scorecard, evaluating major consumer-facing generative AI services’ respect for the human rights to privacy, non-discrimination, freedom of expression, and freedom of information.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Evaluate impact

We’re a not-for-profit co-op, working with people with a progressive mission who make the world a better place.

• coop

• Build something
• Civic apps outfits
• Building in the private sector

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct its constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. Ranking Member Merkley is interested in information regarding waste, fraud, and abuse in the public and private sectors.

• Project 2025

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Whistleblowing

A 3-year project funded by the EU's Erasmus+ programme to mitigate the discriminatory impact of AI on people's lives.

• bias
• European Union
• Reduced inequalities

• Artificial Intelligence
• Design
• Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT)

A podcast about the political entrepreneurs and other progressive leaders who are finding new and improved ways to fight.

• podcasts
• Project 2025

• Advocacy tech
• Podcasts

We envision a future where technology and data power positive social change

• Climate action
• humanitarian

• Civic data
• Artificial Intelligence
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

The MENA Observatory on Responsible AI is an interdisciplinary platform connecting policy-oriented researchers and innovators, aimed at fostering collaboration and building capacity for responsible data and AI practices.

• development

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Policy

GANNET is a Generative AI Initiative, offering AI-powered tools built to make knowledge and real-time information accessible to our community in a resource-efficient and ethical way.

• crisis
• humanitarian
• Peace, justice, and strong institutions

• Artificial Intelligence
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Bots

Phoenix is an open source, non-commercial platform designed to enable peacebuilders and mediators to conduct ethical and participatory social media listening in order to inform conflict transformation work.

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions
• peace

• Media and social media analysis
• Digital peacebuilding
• Big listening

We are building conversational AI assistants that can streamline access to public information, deliver empathetic support around-the-clock, and strengthen bonds between governments and people.

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Communicating with the government

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

Building great open source software for Sri Lanka (and beyond!)

• Build something
• Civic apps outfits
• Open source

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

Here you will find in-depth articles (deep dives), interviews and other content related to our lines of activity (Future Culture, Democratic Innovation, Citizen Empowerment, Social Economy and cooperativism).

• Learn about civic tech
• Civic imagination

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

We build software solutions for Democratic campaigns and organizations, focused on compliance and data management.

• partisan

• Civic data
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Different voting systems have a variety of different features, ranging from how proportional they are (whether seats in parliament reflect votes cast), the connection between MPs and their communities and the extent to which voters can choose between different candidates.

• guides

• Voting and elections
• Democratic Innovations

Autonomous Ethical Hacking

• Cybersecurity
• Red teaming
• Ethical hackers

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

This brings critical, time-sensitive information directly to people's For You feeds to raise awareness of missing children and leverage the power of the US TikTok community to help reunite them with their families.

• TikTok

• Civic features

Make Votes Matter is the [UK] national movement for Proportional Representation

• Advocacy tech
• Participatory democracy
• Voting and elections

Research, programs and interventions that address the root causes and consequences of poverty. Learn moreabout What We Do

• No poverty

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Policy

People vs Big Tech is a movement fighting to overturn the predatory business model of giant tech corporations and change the internet for good.

• Advocacy tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Decentralization

Ridiculously Hopeful Future: a bold, slightly wild, and very optimistic project to transform how government social safety net programs are designed.

• workshops
• state
• local

• Supporting public sector from outside government
• Communicating with the people
• Civic imagination

Metagov is host to a community of research and practice.

• Participatory democracy
• Meet the others
• Adjacent Fields

Since 2017, we've recovered over $46 million in relief for marginalized people; built a network of over 1,300 government offices, elected officials, and community-based organizations in 50 states; trained 130 prosecutors and government lawyers in 24 states; and secured court victories on abortion, immigrant, workers’, and voting rights

• labor
• women's health

• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections
• Specific campaigns

Los 52 centros cívicos de Barcelona son espacios abiertos a todos y cercanos a los ciudadanos.

• Meet the others
• Hubs

ATLAS (Adversarial Threat Landscape for Artificial-Intelligence Systems) is a globally accessible, living knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques against Al-enabled systems based on real-world attack observations and realistic demonstrations from Al red teams and security groups.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity

The Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Working Group develops new conceptual and practical approaches to building the next generation of A.I. systems.

• indigenous

• Artificial Intelligence
• Working groups
• Governance of AI

crypto coin for sovereign tribes

• indigenous

• Blockchain

The Political Party Database Project is a cross-national initiative to establish and update an online public database as a source for key information about political party organizations. Last updated 2022.

• Civic data
• Political parties
• Archives

PLURALL is a boutique consultancy firm transforming complex policy challenges into opportunities for sustainable, community-driven digital infrastructures.

• Building in the private sector

Powering Learning about Nonviolent Action. Last updated 2011.

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Specific campaigns

Our House is building a popular case for democratic reform through a new People's Charter [in the UK].

• Participatory democracy
• Democratic Innovations

• X (Twitter)

• Advocacy tech
• Media and social media analysis

Game-changing program for newsrooms with the tools and knowledge to harness AI for smarter, more efficient journalism.

• trainings

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Journalism

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program provides $42.45 billion to expand high-speed Internet access by funding planning, infrastructure deployment and adoption programs.

• Govtech
• Connectivity

Renters that received an informational postcard were 52% more likely to request an application for rental assistance and 24% more likely to submit an application than renters that did not receive a postcard.

• housing

• Communicating with the people
• Access social benefits
• Democratic Innovations