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iDPI looks to move beyond "fixing" existing internet infrastructures like Google, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter and asks what we might build if we constructed digital spaces for the public good instead.
Algorithms Management and Policy Officer
New York CityIn 2019, Executive Order 50 created the Algorithms Management and Policy Officer (AMPO) role. This role is unique in urban governance and is intended to help provide protocols and information about the systems and tools City agencies use to make decisions.
City Possible™ is a new model for urban innovation in which a global network of cities, businesses, academics and communities work together to make the world’s cities more inclusive and sustainable.
This site loads one of a series of prompts to help the user empathize with people experiencing various conditions, from Multiple Sclerosis to near-sightedness.
Open data on decarbonization
PlanX
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Plan✕ is a platform for creating and publishing digital planning services. It aims to make planning less hard work, for everyone.
OpenCovid19 is a JOGL program that develops open-source and low-cost tools and methodologies that are safe and easy to use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Poland-based design studio that builds civic products
The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP)
New York University, New York, NY, USAS.T.O.P. at NYU fights to end discriminatory surveillance.
Soils Revealed is a platform that visualises how soil organic carbon stocks have changed globally, and how they might change in the future.
It educated policymakers and the public on a wide range of issues.
We co-create and facilitate a network of local knowledge hubs in Africa, Asia and Latin America to build on existing expertise in drones, data and AI, the “Flying Labs®” network.
The ODK-X community produces free and open-source software for collecting, managing, and using data in resource-constrained environments.
CivicPlus
302 South 4th Street, Suite 500 Manhattan, Kansas 66502A suite of govtech products mostly tailored toward local government websites.
the largest gathering of black women data leaders and professionals
Advancing the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies for the benefit of humanity.
We are campaign workers from across the United States who are committed to improving our work conditions, empowering organizers, and promoting healthy career longevity.
UNI Global Union's Top Ten Principles for Workers' Data Rights fills an enormous gap with regards workers' rights in the new world of work.
The We Be Imagining Podcast examines the intersection of race, tech, surveillance, gender and disability in the COVID-19 era.
Social media platforms have a growing influence on American life. Unchecked, these networks can distort reality, fuel discrimination, and undermine elections. With stronger accountability, new technology can instead strengthen civic participation while safeguarding civil rights.
Explore data on refugee community locations and resources in the United States. Built by Graphicacy with UNHCR.
@CongressRfp
Washington, DCTwitter bot that tweets RFPs from US legislative branch agencies. This is a public interest bot and a project of Demand Progress.
Just One Giant Lab
Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires (CRI) - 8 bis rue Charles V, 75004, ParisJust One Giant Lab (JOGL) is the first research and innovation laboratory operating as a distributed, open and massive mobilisation platform for collaborative task solving.
Civic Tech Book Club
Washington, DCCivic Tech Book Club is a virtual book club that meets sporadically to discuss readings related to civics and technology.
Rhino Courtcases Map
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)Track developments in rhino poaching court cases across South Africa
सङ्ग्रह (Collection)
NepalThe collection is a digital collection of literary works written in Nepali and other languages of Nepal.
Code for Nepal
NepalHelping to increase digital literacy and use of open data in Nepal HELP NEPAL FIGHT COVID-19
Parliamentary Network Africa
GE185-7537 BOHYE ROAD (ECOWAS HIGHWAY), NEW ASHONGMAN ESTATE, ACCRA GHANAParliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) is a convenor and connector of civil society parliamentary monitoring organizations and journalists towards promoting Open Parliaments across Africa.
Act Hub Africa
Basorun Rd, 200285, Ibadan, NigeriaAct Hub Africa is a civic-tech NGO that works to promote good governance, democracy, ensure openness and transparency in the local governments by making their fiscal data available in a simplified, easy to understand form and engage people in the local government areas on how to use them in engaging their political officeholders
FactStream
The Washington Post, K Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAThe FactStream iOS app brings together the work of three of the largest U.S. fact-checking organizations, The Washington Post, PolitiFact and FactCheck.org.
Squash
Duke University, Durham, NC, USAA prototype to display factchecks in real-time on live TV
MediaReview
Duke University, Durham, NC, USAA sibling to ClaimReview that allows fact-checkers to identify whether a video or image has been manipulated.
Master of Science in Computational Analysis and Public Policy at the University of Chicago
The University of Chicago, South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USAThe MSCAPP curriculum is a three-legged stool, building foundational knowledge of computer science, statistics, and public policy analysis.
Visualize the public-interest ecosystem of the private, public, academic and independent players that are directly (or indirectly!) collaborating on key public problems.
Public Editor
Berkeley, CA, USAWe’re an online community of critical thinkers vetting the most-shared news articles on the Internet.
Bytes of Good is a podcast where we engage in critical discussions about technology, the role it plays in our society, and career paths in the social good space.
Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) is a multi-institutional initiative using techniques from algorithms, optimization, and mechanism design, along with insights from other disciplines, to improve access to opportunity for historically underserved and disadvantaged communities.
The New York Times's interactive on what belongs in the trash and what gets recycled
Permission Slip
Yonkers, NY, USAOne app to take back control of your data
A participant-led conference from OpenNews for journalists who want to transform their work, their organizations, and their communities.
Column
MiamiColumn is the first collaborative public notice platform helping publishers, governments and legal services work together to inform their communities.
This Global Language Data Review sets out what language data you need for planning, where you can find it, and how you can help build the body of data to support inclusive services.
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