Resources and leads for investigating algorithms in society

• guides

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence

Empowering you to find what you need from over 26,000 free, up-to-date resources

• apps
• Decade-Plus Club

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Access social benefits

AI in the Trap, a collaborative art project that explores the future of artificial intelligence and predictive policing through a hip-hop lens.

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

#SelfCare is a free, simple, and beautiful AI companion for joy, self-connection, and hope.

• apps

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Vigilamos el cumplimiento que el Gobierno hace de las iniciativas de orientación política aprobadas por el Parlamento en temas de desarrollo y lucha contra la pobreza

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

A framework to assess automated decision systems and to ensure public accountability

• reports

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

Algorithm Watch is a non-profit research and advocacy organization committed to evaluating and shedding light on algorithmic decision-making processes

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

The Reporters’ Lab is a center for journalism research in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Our core projects focus on fact-checking, but we also do occasional research about trust in the news media and other topics.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Single Stop is an online screening tool that can quickly link students to federal, state, and local aid, with questions about household size, income, and location.

• Decade-Plus Club
• Robin Hood Foundation
• students

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Access social benefits

Six European cities are looking for #AI solutions to accelerate carbon neutrality using pre-commercial procurement.

• city
• Climate action
• Responsible consumption and production

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

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

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

committed to fact-checking in a fair, transparent and non-partisan manner.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Government software that streamlines land, permitting, asset, licensing, right-of-way, legislative management, and resource and recreation management processes.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech

A2J Author aims to improve access to justice for people who represent themselves. The service hosts simplified legal information and resources created by legal professionals.

• The Tech
• Legal tech
• Justice tech

Tactical voting against the Tories.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

A Freedom of Information conference hosted by mySociety

• Alaveteli

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

ActionSprout makes it easy to find curated content, schedule posts, manage Facebook ads, and create donations and petitions to grow your following!

• commercial

• The Tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

A Feminist AI Research network that gathers a cohort of social scientists, economists, and activists, side by side with data, machine learning and computer scientists to discuss how to fix the system and leverage AI for women’s rights.

• Gender Equality
• women

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

The International Fact-Checking Network is releasing a limited-run podcast about fact-checking and fake news.

• podcasts

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Citizens Network Watchdog Poland is an independent, apolitical and non-profit organization in the form of a watchdog and think-do-tank organization for the public benefit.

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Online collaboration, discussion & consensus. For institutions, organisations & groups.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

• The Tech
• Communicating with the government
• Activism aggregators

The news has always played an essential role in our lives, keeping us informed about the world and the issues we care about.

• civic features
• Google

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Deep canvassing

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

The MobLab Dispatch is a round-up of the most thought-provoking stories, resources, opportunities and discussions about changemaking in today’s networked world.

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

It is Africa’s premier repository for documents that the public need to help make more informed decisions, or that help civic watchdogs such as the media or social justice NGOs substantiate their reportage, or documents that have been suppressed or censored elsewhere.

• free speech

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Media

Analysen und Visualisierungen der Daten zur Bundestagswahl 2017 in Karlsruhe. Größte Änderungen, Wechselwähler, Erststimmen und mehr Statistiken.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

Open government data portal

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

My Country Talks matches political opposites for 1:1 conversations

• The Tech
• Filter bubble poppers

Municipalities across the country have joined together to create a new global non-profit organization called the Open Mobility Foundation to support the development of open-sourced software that provides scalable mobility solutions for cities.

• city
• mobility
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Partner networks and coalitions

Every network tells a story

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

This latest edition of the World e-Parliament Report follows up on previous findings and identifies major steps forward in how parliaments are using information and communication technologies (ICT) to engage with citizens.

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

• United States (federal government)

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

We collaborate with governments to facilitate better discovery of data, to make data available while protecting privacy, and to perform advanced analytics on data.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Angers participatory budget - a Decidim instance

• Decidim

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

WAT IS JOUW POLITIEKE SMAAK?

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

We empower communities to work together and build innovative technology for the public good.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open science

GDS is leading the digital transformation of the UK government.

• United Kingdom (government)

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

Open source research data repository software

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Find, Share and Publish Quality Data Online. The fastest way for individuals, teams and organizations to publish, deploy and share their data.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

The research conducted by Tactical Tech and our partners over the last 18 months has confirmed that WhatsApp is now a primary means of delivery for political messaging in many countries in the Global South, with particularly strong penetration in rural communities where internet is accessed mostly via smartphones.

• reports
• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Organize campaigns

Are you a civil servant working to make government more user-centred? Join the International Design in Government community.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Supernormal is an architecture, urban design, and research firm investigating the inevitable overlap of cultural and digital practice.

• city
• urban planning
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Until this day, the only way to access the Securities and Exchange Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) database of filings from public corporations and financial entities was to go to a special reading room in Washington, DC, or to pay private information services.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Legal tech

Michael Knapp is the CEO and founder of Green River, a software design and development firm that has worked extensively with local governments

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

Run for office successfully. Govern effectively.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections

Vote:Women is a leadership springboard for women to achieve their dreams. We provide a platform for support every step of the way through capability development, fundraising, and campaign management using innovation, technology and a sense of community. Vote:Women empowers women to follow their ambitions of civic leadership.

• women

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Voting and elections

Crowd-sourced verification of current US mail box locations

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Engagement tech

NextRequest provides easy-to-use FOIA and public records software. Local and state governments across the U.S. rely on our FOIA software to track their agency's records requests. Try NextRequest for free!

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Freedom of Information

Our goal at Transitland is to make sense of the jumble here in the SF Bay Area. We're mapping those buses, trains, streetcars, ferries, and even cable cars.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization