Civic Tech Field Guide

FactBar

Finland (Suomi)

The Digital Literacy Curriculum, focused on disinfo detection, was developed with the Finnish government for integration in schools, supported by the EU Parliament.

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Ethiopia Check

Ethiopia (Ityop'iya)

Ethiopia Check debunks claims and exposes fake news using its platforms on Facebook (52,000 followers), Twitter (7,000 followers) and Telegram (34,000 followers).

EU Code of Practice on Disinformation

Europe

The European Union developed a Code of Practice on Disinformation based on the findings of its High Level Working Group on the issue.

EUvsDisinfo is the flagship project of the European External Action Service’s East StratCom Task Force. It was established in 2015 to better forecast, address, and respond to the Russian Federation’s ongoing disinformation campaigns affecting the European Union, its Member States, and countries in the shared neighbourhood.

EU Disinfo Lab

Europe

EU DisinfoLab is an independent non-profit organisation focused on tackling sophisticated disinformation campaigns targeting the EU, its member states, core institutions, and core values.

Argentina's Ethical Digital Commitment

Buenos Aires

"Pledge signed by political parties and technology/social network companies committing to avoiding fake news and mechanisms of disinformation that may affect upcoming elections." - Countering Disinfo

Engaging Women in Politics in Uganda

Uganda

Organized an e-conference for over 150 women candidates for elected office in Uganda, with a focus on navigating social barriers to political participation, including misinformation and cyberbullying.

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Dubawa

Nigeria

DUBAWA is Nigeria’s independent verification and fact-checking platform, initiated by the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) and supported by the most influential newsrooms and civic organisations in the country to help amplify the culture of truth in public discourse, public policy, and media practice.

Dutch Code of Conduct Transparency Online Political Advertisements

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland)

This Code of Conduct was published to address the issues of election transparency and disinformation in the digital sphere.

Ecuador Chequea

Quito, Ecuador

Data enriches public debate and therefore strengthens democracy. An informed society is capable of making conscious decisions.

El Poder de Elegir (de Chicas Poderosas)

Colombia

El Poder de Elegir is a project to monitor and fact-check the political information that circulates through WhatsApp during the campaign period of the presidential elections of 2018.

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Disinfo Defense League Policy Platform

Media Democracy Fund, Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

The Disinfo Defense League Policy Platform is a series of legislative, executive, and international recommendations addressing disinformation.

Disinfo Portal

DisinfoPortal.org was the Atlantic Council's one-stop interactive online portal and guide to the Kremlin’s information war.

Disinformation campaign map

Washington, DC

A map visualizing the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab research on coordinated disinformation campaigns.

Efecto Cocuyo Chequea

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

We are an independent Venezuelan media, which uses all its platforms for the free exercise of journalism and access to information.

DisinfoWatch

Canada

DisinfoWatch is a Canadian foreign disinformation monitoring and debunking platform.

Dogruluk Payi

Turkey (Turkiye)

Dogruluk Payi is a Turkish fact checking website

DIRT Protocol

DIRT is a protocol for decentralized information curation that uses token staking to incentivize honesty.

Doble Check

University of Costa Rica

Doble Check is a public discourse auditing project financed by the University of Costa Rica and which operates as a project affiliated with Radio Stations UCR.

Fakeblok

A plug-in that flags fake news directly on social media to prevent you from clicking or sharing articles that intentionally mislead and disinform.

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FakerFact

FakerFact was an Artificial Intelligence tool built to help us understand more about what we read.

First Draft News resources

Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

These online courses, toolkits and resources are designed to help both journalists and the public build expertise and stay one step ahead of misinformation.

FactsMatterNg

Nigeria

The ICFJ Knight Fellowship programme in Nigeria is working with influencers and media partners to combat misinformation and fake news in the Nigerian digital media space.

Fake Watch Africa

Malawi (Malaŵi)

The FakeWatch team monitor instances of possible fake news in the 2019 Malawi tripartite election campaign.

Facticious

News game based on sorting fake and real news

Factly

Hyderabad

Factly strives to cultivate civic participation and engaging citizens in accessing, understanding, and using important government data/information at various levels

Certified Content Coalition

The Certified Content Coalition certified trustworthy publishers that meet fundamental standards, giving consumers confidence in journalistic content.

Digital Polarization Initiative

The Digital Polarization Initiative, or “DigiPo”, is ADP's national effort to build student civic, information and web literacy by having students participate in a broad, cross-institutional project to fact-check, annotate, and provide context to the different news stories that show up in our Twitter and Facebook feeds.

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Digital Democracy Risk Assessment: A User Guide

Berlin

A user guide for civil society organizations and researchers to assess the vulnerability of a country’s electoral integrity to online manipulation.

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Digital Democracy Room

Rio de Janeiro

The Digital Democracy Room is an initiative of FGV DAPP to monitor the public debate on the internet and fight disinformation strategies which threaten the integrity of political and electoral processes, seeking to strengthen the democratic institutions.

Eltették

Hungary (Magyarország)

An interactive map to show the billions worth of properties that went from state-owned to privately owned in recent years, together with K Monitor

Digital Enquirer Kit

The Digital Enquirer Kit is centered around misinformation, fact-based research and digital security.

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Digital Democracy Charter

36-38 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8EB, UK

"The Digital Democracy Charter outlines several guiding principles on countering online disinformation and strengthening our democracies given the new digital age." - Counteringdisinformation.org

Digital Democracy Monitor Toolkit

The Digital Democracy Monitor Toolkit seeks to empower researchers with the knowledge, tools and examples to analyse democratic discourse online.

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Fakey

Indiana

This game aims to teach media literacy and study how people interact with misinformation.

Fato ou Fake

Brazil (Brasil)

Fato ou Fake is a news literacy project that vetted more than 700 pieces of information ahead of the elections.

Facebook Digital Literacy Library

United States of America (the)

The Facebook Digital Literacy Library is hosted by Facebook and currently includes learning resources made available by Youth and Media at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

InVid

Inactive project: "InVID will build a platform providing services to detect, authenticate and check the reliability and accuracy of newsworthy video files and video content spread via social media."

Initiative for Media Freedom

Philippines (the)

The Initiative for Media Freedom (IMF) is a five-year program implemented by Internews and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Consiliere HIV

Romania

Counseling for Ukrainians living with HIV

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INFO/tegrity Initative

455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20001

Provides a framework for NDI's DemTech team to lead and support institutional initiatives countering disinformation and other forms of online manipulation, while strengthening and ensuring the integrity of the information space.

Hoaxy

Indiana

Hoaxy is a tool that visualizes the spread of articles online.

Image Verification Assistant

Greece (Ellas, Ellada)

We are a joint team of engineers and investigators from CERTH-ITI and Deutsche Welle, trying to build a comprehensive tool for media verification on the Web.