Civic Tech Field Guide
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People will not (and should not) use tech that's untrustworthy. Too many tech projects, including civic tech projects, have abused user privacy and/or failed users in providing a secure user experience. Anyone advocating for increasing digitization of government, social benefits, or public conversation should invest in strong digital security and privacy-respecting approach from the onset and on an ongoing basis, as this area evolves rapidly.
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Google's open-sourced Mediapipe-based library to redact faces from videos and images
Global community measuring Internet censorship since 2012
IFF’s Project Panoptic aims to bring transparency and accountability to the relevant government stakeholders involved in the deployment and implementation of facial recognition technology (FRT) projects in India.
Center for Digital Democracy
Washington, DCThe Center for Digital Democracy’s mission is to ensure that digital technologies serve and strengthen democratic values, institutions and processes. CDD strives to safeguard privacy and civil and human rights, as well as to advance equity, fairness, and community.
From biometrics to surveillance — when people in power abuse technology, the rest of us suffer. Written by Ellery Biddle.
ctrn is a space of convening for those organizing against the design, experimentation, and deployment of carceral technologies.
Cybersecurity Handbook for Civil Society Organizations
Washington, DCA guide for civil society organizations looking to get started on a cybersecurity plan
Disinformation is threatening our ability to get credible facts. Built on our trusted technology stack, Waterbear helps you fight back.
People can request digital security help using their everyday messaging apps. We provide secure Signal, Whatsapp & Telegram channels for your community.
privacy filters for shared location links
Risk Assessments Made Beautiful! A framework and methodology to holistically assess an organization’s digital health, highlight areas of excellence, and provide a visual roadmap of recommended improvements.
Turn your photos and videos into secure, signed visual evidence
Save (Share Archive Verify Encrypt) by OpenArchive enables you to safely preserve, organize, and share your mobile media. Designed with and for newsrooms, human rights defenders, and archivists, Save keeps you in control of your mobile media at all times.
Have a secret that you want to share? Why not hide it in a picture?
Filterwatch
Brooklyn, NYFilterwatch aims to provide the information and tools to enable journalists, human rights advocates, and campaigners to hold Iranian policy-makers to account, and to advocate for a free and open internet in Iran, for the benefit of all Iranians.
We set ourselves a task to create a short, simple, and practical resource to help teams who are designing projects to identify potential risks and harms.
Bits of Freedom
Netherlands (Nederland, Holland)Bits of Freedom was founded in 1999. We influence policies and legislation to support an open and fair information society.
The Limits to Digital Consent: Understanding the risks of ethical consent and data collection for underrepresented communities
New York City, NY, USAA 2021 report by SimplySecure and The New Design Congress
Smart cities and data protection: possible routes
Brazil (Brasil)InternetLab, ARTICLE 19 and LAPIN launch a policy paper with recommendations on smart cities and personal data protection.
JusticeAI
Palo AltoJusticeAI is an open source platform and suite of tools that strategically apply machine learning, computer vision, and metadata analysis to sort, identify, and analyze digital media.
Summarizes tech terms and conditions in a more legible format
SocialTIC
South AmericaSocialTIC es una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a la investigación, formación, acompañamiento y promoción de la tecnología digital e información para fines sociales.Conoce nuestros proyectos, reflexiones y recomendaciones sobre infoactivismo, datos abiertos y seguridad digital
The Empower Rangers
Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaThe Empower Rangers es una creación animada pensada y ejecutada por RedesAyuda y el primero, de un grupo de ellos, es el Empower Ranger Azul.
We empower people to think critically about their relationship with technology and inspire a more socially responsible future.
MetaCert tells you which links are safe and which websites you can trust.
Iraqi Journalism Rights Defense Association الجمعية العراقية للدفاع عن حقوق الصحفيين
Iraq (al-ʿIrāq)منشور الزميل عادل فاخر
What the Future Wants
Brunnenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin, GermanyWhat the Future Wants is an interactive youth focused exhibition that presents different perspectives on technology from the personal, to the political, to the planetary.
Coalizão Direitos na Rede
Brazil (Brasil)The Rights in the Network Coalition is a network of entities that brings together more than 40 academic and civil society organizations in defense of digital rights, with the main themes of action: access, freedom of expression, protection of personal data and privacy on the Internet.
Al Sur
South America"Al Sur" is a consortium of organizations that work in civil society and academia in Latin America and that seek with their joint work to strengthen human rights in the digital environment of the region.
The Influence Industry Project
Brunnenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin, GermanyLearn about, discover resources, and explore research on the industry using our personal data to influence citizens in political campaigns.
A privacy-focused web browser for use with Orbot, based on Tor Browser
The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP)
New York University, New York, NY, USAS.T.O.P. at NYU fights to end discriminatory surveillance.
Enhance your privacy and break through firewalls.
NYU Tandon Cybersecurity for Democracy
New York University, New York, NY, USACybersecurity for Democracy is a research-based effort to expose online threats to our social fabric – and recommend how to counter them. We are part of the Center for Cybersecurity at NYU.
Protect personal spaces and possessions without compromising privacy
Tor Browser for Android Experience real private browsing without tracking, surveillance, or censorship.
Defending Digital Campaigns makes our political process more secure by providing political parties and campaigns with knowledge, products and services to defend themselves from cyber threats and attacks.
Permission Slip
Yonkers, NY, USAOne app to take back control of your data
Digital Freedom Fund Grants
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 104-108 1012 SG Amsterdam The NetherlandsThe Digital Freedom Fund supports strategic litigation on digital rights in Europe that contributes to advancing human rights in the digital context.
How The New York Times Thinks About Your Privacy
New York Times Building, 8th Avenue, New York, NY, USAA guide to the news company's data usage
AWO
EuropeWe’re a new agency working across the world to shape, apply and enforce data rights. We have lawyers, policy experts, technology analysts and applied ethicists working out of offices in London, Brussels and Paris.
Acción por la Justicia Algorítmica (AxJA)
Spain (España)La coalición Acción por la Justicia Algorítmica (AxJA) se crea para desafiar la falta de control democrático, transparencia y rendición de cuentas en el uso y adquisición de sistemas de toma de decisiones automatizadas e inteligencia artificial en España.
A short guide to help keep journalists and their sources safe
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.
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