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LSE Cities
Clement's Inn, London, United KingdomLSE Cities is an international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, graduate and executive education and outreach activities in London and abroad.
Wise Entertainment
Los Angeles, CAWise Entertainment is an award winning independent studio that develops, creates and produces content that lives at the intersection of entertainment, social justice and civic imagination. Their “proof of concept” was the hit drama series East Los High.
Where's my school bus?
Boston, MAOur program offers real-time tracking of school buses through a mobile web app. We hope that — in a small way — this creates a better experience for parents and students.
Every Public Meeting
United States of America (the)Local meetings happen all the time. Let’s make showing up easy.
Enjambre
Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos)We are an organization that defends and promotes Internet freedom, through concrete actions of research, dissemination and defense in cases where there is a violation of digital rights.
Social Media Taxation
UgandaA platform to show how the OTT Tax makes our digital and everyday lives harder, to learn what life would be like if the rest of the world had to pay it too, and to stop the spread of taxes like these elsewhere.
Enexis, a Dutch energy company, makes anonymized data about residential gas and electric energy use publically available via its website.
WeThePeople
The White House, Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAThe original White House petition site
Proterra
1815 Rollins Road, Burlingame, CA 94010, USAHeavy-duty electric vehicle manufacturer delivering clean, quiet transportation for all.
The ODI's Data Ethics Canvas
Open Data Institute, 3rd Floor, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JEThe Data Ethics Canvas is designed to help identify potential ethical issues associated with a data project or activity. It promotes understanding and debate around the foundation, intention and potential impact of any piece of work, and helps identify the steps needed to act ethically.
WhatsApp: The Widespread Use of WhatsApp in Political Campaigning in the Global South
Brunnenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin, GermanyThe 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.
Kremlin Watch is a strategic program of the European Values Center for Security Policy which aims to expose and confront instruments of Russian influence and disinformation operations focused against Western democracies.
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities
The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) create a specification and sponsors an open source project to unlock the massive opportunity in the IoT market, accelerating industry innovation and helping developers and companies create solutions that map to a single open specification
The Parker Foundation was founded on October 5, 1971 for charitable purposes leading to the betterment of life for all people of San Diego County.
Civic Hall is launching the Digital Learning Center (DLC) to address the nonprofit digital leadership gap by providing professional development classes and workshops aimed specifically at building the digital, data and technology literacy of New York City nonprofit organizations and their leaders.
Yelp's Consumer Protection Initiative
Yelp, Inc, New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA, USAToday we're excited to announce we’ve joined forces with ProPublica to incorporate health care statistics and consumer opinion survey data onto the Yelp business pages of more than 25,000 medical treatment facilities.
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20001The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government
Civic Labs Belgium
Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien)Citizens creating solutions to improve cities and communities in Belgium
Project Vote Smart
Vote Smart, 1153 24th Street, Des Moines, IA 50311, USAVote Smart provides free, unbiased, in-depth information about current officials, candidates, issues, legislation, and voting. Non-partisan and nonprofit since 1988.
OpenSecrets.org
Center For Responsive Politics, L Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAWe pursue our mission largely through our award-winning website, OpenSecrets.org, which is the most comprehensive resource for federal campaign contributions, lobbying data and analysis available anywhere
Totem is an online learning platform on using digital security tools and tactics effectively for journalists, activists, and trainers.
Citizen interaction design
Michigan, USAin which students are partnered with a local community in Michigan for the purpose of using information and technology to effect change in how citizens interact with and are served by local units of government.
HuriDocs
Geneva, SwitzerlandHuman rights defenders need evidence, law and research to advocate justice and accountability. We develop tools and strategies that make this information accessible.
Ignis
Lincoln, NE, USAThe system attaches to a drone, and drops small incendiaries known as “dragon eggs” from a safe height, at a much lower cost and personal risk than a helicopter.
Civic Tech Data & Collaborative framework
United States of America (the)The Civic Tech and Data Collaborative is a project of Living Cities, the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, and Code for America that brought together local government officials, civic technologists, and local data intermediaries across seven communities.
Open Government Partnership Global Summit
Washington, DCPromoted open data disclosure and use for the public and businesses through key public data disclosure, business matching, youth internship program, and cooperation with relevant organizations
Epp Peace Incubator
140 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, ON, CanadaAdvancing peace through social innovation
Census Open Innovation Labs
United States of America (the)We bring together government, industry, and communities to unleash creativity and solve national challenges.
I am Vigilant
Tunisia (Tunis)I am Vigilant" is a Tunisian, non-profit, and independent monitoring organization that aims to combat financial and administrative corruption and enhance transparency
A lightweight, backend-free open data portal, powered by Jekyll
A fast way to get digitally safe & secure.
MSc Media and Communications (LSE Data and Society)
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AEMSc Media and Communications (Data and Society)
European Commission Recommendation for Coronavirus response mobile data and apps
European CommissionA common EU approach for the use of mobile applications and mobile data in response to the coronavirus pandemic
We build tools that help data journalists investigate the relationship between campaign contributions and political narratives in US elections.
Apptorney
ZambiaApptorney is a platform agnostic mobile application that uses natural language processing and content indexing and categorization to provide user friendly search functionality to its users
DonorsChoose.org connects teachers in high-need communities with donors who want to help.
Lawyers Hub
NairobiThe Lawyers Hub is a Pan-African Digital Law and Policy Organization working at the confluence of Law and Technology.
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