Adjacent Fields - (434)

Although not always explicitly civic tech, these categories are directly adjacent, like tech for other shared, public challenges, or foundational layers that must be present for civic tech to succeed in its goals.

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AI Ethics Guidelines Global Inventory

A project by AlgorithmWatch that maps frameworks that seek to set out principles of how systems for automated decision-making (ADM) can be developed and implemented ethically

A People’s Guide to AI

A People’s Guide to AI

4126 Third St. Detroit, MI 48201

This popular education-inspired guide breaks down and contextualizes artificial intelligence technologies within structural racism — and provides hands-on exercises to help us imagine beyond, and dream up alternate and ideal futures with AI.

Círculo

Keep yourself and your community safe with Círculo, an app easy to use that allows you to send check-ins and urgent alerts in a fast and private way.

Aira

Aira

4225 Executive Square, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Aira connects people who are blind or low vision to a trained professional agent who is dedicated to further enhancing their everyday experience – completely hands-free assistance at the touch of a button.

#VisibileWikiWomen

#VisibileWikiWomen

Santa Cruz, California, USA

Centering the knowledges of marginalised communities from around the world. Re-imagining the internet to be for and from us all.

PolicyKit

A tool for building and evolving governance in online communities.

Digital Infrastructure Incubator

Supporting open source project leaders implementing best practices in sustainability, governance, and community health.

Co-op Foundation

Co-op Foundation

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

The Co-op Foundation helps disadvantaged communities overcome their challenges by putting co-operative values into practice. It aims to stimulate and strengthen community action that connects and empowers people so they can work together to make things better.

ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency

This multi-disciplinary conference brings together researchers and practitioners interested in fairness, accountability, and transparency in socio-technical systems.

Rechtwijzer

Rechtwijzer

Netherlands (the)

Rechtwijzer is an online dispute resolution site. It provides legal remedies and online tools to help parties settledisputes without a lawyer.

Citizen Lab Summer Institute

The Citizen Lab Summer Institute (CLSI) provides a unique opportunity to meet a diverse group of researchers, practitioners, and advocates and develop new and exciting research that addresses pressing questions for the Internet.

Illinois Legal AidOnline

Illinois Legal Aid Online presents legal resources and information about legal aid in a simple and accessible manner.

Planned Parenthood Saved Me

Planned Parenthood Saved Me

Civic Hall, West 22nd Street, New York, NY, USA

We're posting stories from people whose lives were saved or changed because they had access to affordable, compassionate healthcare through Planned Parenthood.

Open Tech Fund

Open Tech Fund

2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036, USA

SUPPORTING INTERNET FREEDOM WORLDWIDE Without Fear of Repressive Censorship or Surveillance.

Human Rights Data Analysis Group

The Human Rights Data Analysis Group is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world.

MyData

We help people and organisations to benefit from personal data in a human-centric way. To create a fair, sustainable, and prosperous digital society for all.

Liftware

Liftware

269 E Grand Ave, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA

Liftware's selection of stabilizing and leveling handles and attachments are designed to help people with hand tremor or limited hand and arm mobility retain dignity, confidence, and independence.

Digital Undivided

Digital Undivided

50 Hurt Plaza Southeast, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA

BLACK AND LATINX WOMEN FOUNDERS + THEIR BIG IDEAS AND HIGH GROWTH COMPANIES + OUR TRAINING, NETWORK, AND ACCESS TO FUNDING = SOMETHING THE STARTUP WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE

Wikimedia Germany Fellowships

Wikimedia Germany Fellowships

Wikimedia Deutschland

Mit dem Fellow-Programm Freies Wissen unterstützen Wikimedia Deutschland, der Stifterverband und die VolkswagenStiftung Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler dabei, ihre Forschung und Lehre offen zu gestalten. Das Fellow-Programm startet im September in die vierte Programmrunde, wieder werden 20 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus verschiedenen Disziplinen gefördert und dabei unterstützt, ihre wissenschaftliche Arbeit offen(er) zu gestalten.

HuriDocs

HuriDocs

Geneva, Switzerland

Human rights defenders need evidence, law and research to advocate justice and accountability. We develop tools and strategies that make this information accessible.

Translators Without Borders

Translators without Borders is a global community of over 100,000 members helping people get vital information and be heard, whatever language they speak.

Helpline Law

Helpline Law connects people with lawyers and law firms as per their needs.

Fast AI

Deep learning is transforming the world. We are making deep learning easier to use and getting more people from all backgrounds involved through our: free courses for coders, software library, cutting-edge research, and community

IP Observatory

IP Observatory

Monash University, Wellington Rd, Clayton VIC, Australia

Internet insights for social good

OpenTrustwire

Trustwire gives you strong end-to-end encryption while keeping it simple to use. Trustwire is web-based, so users don't need to download or install apps, and they can manage or exchange files whether they are overseas or just down the street.

DilseWill

DilSeWill is an online platform where users can create a will, and have it mailed to them after completion

Digital Defense Fund

Digital Defense Fund

United States of America (the)

We are Digital Defense Fund, and we do digital security for the abortion access movement.

Civic Data Privacy Leaders Network

Civic Data Privacy Leaders Network

MetroLab Network, 777 6th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001, USA

A collaborative that will provide an active, authoritative resource for municipal leaders to navigate emerging privacy issues, share practical guidance, and promote fair and transparent data practices

Be My Eyes

Be My Eyes

Åbogade 15, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark

Bringing sight to blind and low-vision people

Internet Freedom Festival

Internet Freedom Festival

Las Naves, Carrer de Joan Verdeguer, València, Spain

An un-conference, one of the leading gatherings in the space, that brought together close to 1,000 attendees from 132 countries in 2018.

Libre AI

Libre AI

Dublin, Ireland

Libre is a small design firm that employs AI to craft products and services for clients. "Our mission is to widely disseminate the benefits of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and make them accessible to the world."

Project Defenders Sustainable Emergency Grants

Any NGO, human rights or media organisation that faces threats due to the work they are doing, can apply for this grant.

Queensland Law Handbook

Queensland Law Handbook

Queensland, Australia

Queensland Law Handbook is a comprehensive and accessible resource designed to help Queensland residents withtheir legal problems.

Women in Red

Project to create articles about notable women that do not currently exist on Wikipedia

Humanity Road

Humanity Road is a disaster response 501c3 charity specializing in sourcing critical information and resources when disaster strikes.

My Legal Briefcase

My Legal Briefcase helps individuals and businesses handle their legal cases with or without a lawyer. It also assistsusers in preparing simple legal documents.

Project Lemon Aid

Project Lemon Aid matches people awaiting trial behind bars with pro bono lawyers who can represent their case.

Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab at Open Tech Fund

Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab at Open Tech Fund

2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036, USA

OTF’s Secure Usability and Accessibility Lab offers secure usability and user-interface assistance to Internet freedom and digital security tools to help them recognise and solve usability challenges that hampered the adoption of those tools in repressive contexts.

Localization Lab

Our crowdsourced localization results in more accurate and timely translations, and unlocks access to the internet for users all over the world

Cities Coalition for Digital Rights

Cities Coalition for Digital Rights

United Nations Avenue Nairobi, Kenya 00100

We, the undersigned cities, formally come together to form the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, to protect and uphold human rights on the internet at the local and global level.

Fired Without Cause

Fired Without Cause helps users understand whether their employer treated them fairly. The app also has a severance pay calculator.

The Cleaners

The Cleaners

Boxhagener Str. 106, 10245 Berlin, Germany

It tells of the global impact of online censorship and shows how fake news and hatred are disseminated and strengthened by the social networks.

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