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As the world migrated from analog to digital, we lost some of the signals we used to rely on as proxies for trustworthiness. For multiple decades now, educators and others have considered how to teach youth, if not all of us, what to look for in a reliable source of information. Technology rapidly shifts the ground from underneath us, so that new sources gain prominence on each new social media platform, often at the expense of attention to time-tested sources. This isn't always a bad thing, but still, some groups are considering how we might bring trustmarks like the USDA's Organic label into the digital realm. The theory is that a certifying board could approve or reject certain actors, allowing citizens to know at a single glance whether if they can trust a product or service with the mark.
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An Open Reference System for Connected Device Labeling
New York, USAConsumer Reports's add-on to the White House's "cyber trust mark" for consumer connected devices
U.S. Cyber Trust Mark
United States of America (the)Biden-Harris Administration Announces Cybersecurity Labeling Program for Smart Devices to Protect American Consumers
An index of news sites rated by their Misinfo.me credibility scores
An iconography and lexicon for communicating which technologies are in use in public places
The Fairwork Foundation is a project that is working to set and measure standards in the platform economy.
Beta Blocks
Boston, MAExploring new approaches for community-led innovation in public spaces.
Openly Operated
535 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, United StatesThe free transparency certification
The News Provenance Project seeks to diminish the spread of misinformation by empowering readers to make more informed, confident judgments about the news they see online.
Trustable Technology mark
10969 Berlin, GermanyIt empowers consumers to make informed decisions & enables companies to prove their connected devices are trustworthy.
This project seeks to facilitate the co-creation of prototypes that can advance digital transparency and enable agency in the world's public spaces.
Boston's Smart Streets page
Boston, MACity page covers which tracking technologies are in place, why, and what they mean for privacy
IoT Trustmark
BerlinThe Trustable Technology mark empowers consumers to make informed decisions & enables companies to prove their connected devices are trustworthy.
We have designed a neutral, independent and transparent index to assess news websites on their risk of carrying disinformation.
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