Projects - Ethical tech and responsible tech

Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency in Machine Learning community compilation

Data & Society Research Institute

Data & Society Research Institute, West 20th Street, New York, NY, USA

Data & Society is a research institute focused on the social and cultural issues arising from data-centric technological development.

Mozilla Foundation

Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA

Established in 2003, guided by the Mozilla Manifesto, the Mozilla Foundation believes the Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible to all.

Ranking Digital Rights

740 15th Street, N.W., Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005

Ranking ICT sector companies on respect for free expression and privacy

Automating Society

Europe

The first comprehensive study of automated decisionmaking in Europe

Data Justice Lab

Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK

The Data Justice Lab examines the intricate relationship between datafication and social justice, highlighting the politics and impacts of data-driven processes and big data

WebWeWant

We help everyone to shape and claim the future of the Web.

Global Network Initiative

718 7th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001, USA

Protecting and advancing freedom of expression and privacy in information and communications technologies.

European AI & Society Fund

Rue Royale 941000, Brussels, Belgium

The European AI Fund is a philanthropic initiative to shape the direction of AI in Europe

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.

Darcy will allow everyone to run their own federated social media instance – without having to worry about technology, moderation or legal compliance, because Darcy will take care of that for you – if you want!

Speak Out Tech

Worcester, MA

What if Tech said

campaigns

Outbreak Science Rapid PREreview

Portland, OR

A platform for the rapid review of outbreak-related preprints

The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age

From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the Internet as the great leveler of our age The Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force

books

Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity

books

Center for Humane Technology

The Center for Humane Technology is a world-class team of former tech insiders and CEOs who are advancing thoughtful solutions to change the culture, business incentives, design techniques, and organizational structures driving how technology hijacks our brains.

Digital Impact

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

Digital Impact (formerly Markets for Good) is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab to improve the data infrastructure for social good and help civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.

Data Harm Record

Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK

The aim of this document is to provide a running record of ‘data harms’, harms that have been caused by uses of big data. The goal is to document and learn from where things have gone wrong.

NYC Automated Decisions Systems Task Force

City Hall, Centre Street, New York, NY, USA

Local Law 49

Platform Coop

65 W 11th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Supporting platform co-ops.

Bail-setting algorithms in Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Philadelphia should think twice about its risk-assessment algorithm.

criminal justice

Civic Data Alliance

Louisville, Kentucky

All The Data, For We The People

Coops.tech

Creative technology companies, fully owned and controlled by the people who do the work.

ethiTech

New York City

Our goal is to exponentially accelerate our ability to address global challenges that threaten our existence.

Fairwork

University of Oxford, 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS, UK

The Fairwork Foundation is a project that is working to set and measure standards in the platform economy.

Ethics In Tech

Bay Area, CA, USA

Ethics In Technology works towards increased awareness around the ethical use of technology and seeks to make a positive impact through engaging the public at all levels of our society in conversation about these issues.

Principled Artificial Intelligence

Berkman Center For Internet, Everett Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

A map of ethical and rights-based approaches

PeaceTech Living Learning Community

Waterloo, ON, Canada

Exploring the intersection of peace-building and technology—critically reflecting on the social impact of technology and fostering the creation of “tech for good.”

The Project on Governing the Digital Public Sphere

New Haven, CT

To support the Yale Information Society Project’s work on how law should regulate and social media companies should govern the digital public sphere

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is a growing global coalition of 165 international, regional, and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in 65 countries that is working to preemptively ban fully autonomous weapons.

Data Commons Manifesto

Barcelona, Spain

It reflects the discussions and proposals of dozens of people and collectives involved in the Digital Democracy and Data Commons participatory process.

manifestos

Landscape Analysis of Ethical Platforms

Germany (Deutschland)

A report on the pathologies of commercial platforms and benefits and challenges of ethical platforms

Racial Literacy in Tech

Racial literacy is a new method for addressing the racially disparate impacts of technology.

racial equity

Eticas Consulting

Eticas teams up with organizations to identify black box algorithmic vulnerabilities and retrains AI-powered technology with better source data and content.

The ODI's Data Ethics Canvas

Open Data Institute, 3rd Floor, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

The Data Ethics Canvas is designed to help identify potential ethical issues associated with a data project or activity. It promotes understanding and debate around the foundation, intention and potential impact of any piece of work, and helps identify the steps needed to act ethically.