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.
Consumer Reports's add-on to the White House's "cyber trust mark" for consumer connected devices
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Cybersecurity Labeling Program for Smart Devices to Protect American Consumers
The Fairwork Foundation is a project that is working to set and measure standards in the platform economy.
Exploring new approaches for community-led innovation in public spaces.
The 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.
It 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.
City page covers which tracking technologies are in place, why, and what they mean for privacy
The Trustable Technology mark empowers consumers to make informed decisions & enables companies to prove their connected devices are trustworthy.