The Institute for Representative Government (IRG) was established in 1988 by a group of former Members of Congress as an independent, bipartisan, non-profit organization to provide high level, professional exchange programs for parliamentarians from developing or newly-established democracies.

• Peer networks

This page lists 479 instances of alleged and actual misconduct by legislators in the United States Congress from 1789 to the present.

• corruption

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

In this "deeply empowering and practical book"(Cecilia Muñoz), two technology and innovation leaders reveal dozens of tactics that enabled them to accomplish seemingly impossible reforms in organizations of all types and sizes

• books

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Bureaucracy tech

Die Universität Bern ist eine 1834 gegründete Volluniversität in der Stadt Bern, mit acht Fakultäten, rund 150 Instituten und 9 inter- und transdisziplinäre Kompetenzzentren.

To contribute to countering disinformation on COVID-19 and promoting healthy behaviours, UNESCO has produced a series of audio messages that can be freely used by radio stations from around the world.

• United Nations

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Radio

WikiRumours is a web-based database which enables geographically distributed teams to collaborate asynchronously on monitoring, verifying, and countering the spread of harmful rumours and misinformation.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Archives

Profiles 82 tools for fighting disinfo

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Civic tech catalogs

Logically works to tackle the individual, institutional, and societal harms caused by misleading and deceptive online discourse.

• Media
• Fight disinformation

Access Lab é uma empresa que trabalha o acesso de pessoas com deficiência e S/surdas à cultura e ao entretenimento enquanto direito humano fundamental.

• Adjacent Fields
• Hubs
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Latin American fact-checking organization's Whatsapp bot to make it easier for people to ask for fact-checks

• WhatsApp

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Fight disinformation

EU vs Disinfo's database of over 12,000 samples of pro-Kremlin disinformation

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Archives

O projeto Fura Bolha é uma série de bate-papos entre figuras conhecidas na sociedade brasileira por pensarem diferente.

• Participatory democracy

A free book on how to survive on social media networks

• books

• Social media
• Books

Como os brasileiros usam a internet? Como é seu comportamento na hora de buscar informações na rede? O InternetLab manterá um guia com indicadores sobre como anda a dieta de mídia dos brasileiros e brasileiras.

• Media
• Data visualization

The nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation provides the essential infrastructure for free knowledge.

Conheça casos envolvendo liberdade de expressão no ambiente digital

• free speech

• Legal tech
• Archives

Alan Turing has long proved a subject of fascination, but following the centenary of his birth in 2012, the code-breaker, computer pioneer, mathematician (and much more) has become even more celebrated with much media coverage, and several meetings, conferences and books raising public awareness of Turing's life and work.

• guides
• books

• Digital literacy
• Data science for social good
• Books

SocialTIC es una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a la investigación, formación, acompañamiento y promoción de la tecnología digital e información para fines sociales.Conoce nuestros proyectos, reflexiones y recomendaciones sobre infoactivismo, datos abiertos y seguridad digital

• Fight disinformation
• Digital security and privacy
• Digital literacy

Esta é uma plataforma de monitoramento de casos que levaram, puderam levar ou podem levar a bloqueios de aplicações de Internet no Brasil. Aqui se encontram materiais originais e análises, em português e inglês, de casos envolvendo bloqueios no país.

• free speech

• Circumvention tech
• Timelines

The Wikimedia Foundation Knowledge Equity Fund is a new US$4.5 million fund created by the Wikimedia Foundation in 2020, to provide grants to external organizations that support knowledge equity by addressing the racial inequities preventing access and participation in free knowledge.

• Get funding
• Diversity & Inclusion

A collection of tactics, cases, and guides to using information for activism

• Fight disinformation
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Wired magazine blurb on media diets as nutrition in 2009

• Media
• Data visualization

In this project, we studied 13 government mobile apps – eight from the federal public administration and five from the state of São Paulo – that we believed most affect Brazilian citizens on a daily basis for their relation to services that are especially relevant to our day-to-day life and to the government-citizen relationship.

• apps
• reports

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech

A guide by InterAction written for civil society organizations

• reports

• Media
• Fight disinformation

Com o objetivo de ampliar as discussões envolvendo liberdade de expressão travadas na seção “Colunas” e levá-las para outros espaços, Dissenso.org estabeleceu parceria com o Jota, portal de notícias voltado a operadores do Direito

• free speech

Ushahidi instance crowdsourcing the flood-related data from the 2022 Floods in Pakistan.

• floods

• Crowdsourcing
• Civic maps
• Mapping

With the Civic Voice, you have the power to access, follow through and contribute to bills that matter most to you.

• apps

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Graveyard

For the first time, a representative microcosm of the entire American electorate was brought together to a single location.

• Participatory democracy

A chart of thousands of media sources based on source reliability and surveys of perceived political biases

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Data visualization

The Digital Assessment Tool (DAT) is a free web-based application that helps nonprofit organizations assess their technology needs and understand their digital capabilities. It provides customized recommendations and tools to manage the digital transformation journey.

• Nonprofit tech
• Digital transformation

Find original research, insights, and assessment tools to help you solve your biggest tech challenges.

• trainings

• Adjacent Fields
• Nonprofit tech
• Digital literacy

The future of philanthropy built upon Bitcoin and Blockchain

• Get funding
• Blockchain
• Fundraising tools

No Minor Futures is a public education campaign amplifying children's hopes and fears about AI technology. It uses animations, podcasts, workshops, and social media.

• youth

• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital literacy
• Podcasts

Donate Your Hustle

• Good health and well-being

• Graveyard
• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

Open data and code about the nonprofit sector in the US

• Civic data
• Nonprofit tech
• Open civic data

Does your nonprofit have a technology related project idea that will advance your mission?

• Nonprofit tech
• Awards and prizes

Τα «ellinikahoaxes.gr» είναι ο μοναδικός ελληνικός ιστότοπος κατά της παραπληροφόρησης και η μοναδική συντονισμένη προσπάθεια κατάρριψης αναληθών δημοσιευμάτων στο ελληνικό διαδίκτυο. Εργαλεία μας, η έρευνα, η συλλογή στοιχείων και πληροφοριών από αξιόπιστες πηγές και σωστή αξιολόγηση τους.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

Somos una organización no gubernamental que trabajaba en la promoción, defensa y formación en libertad de expresión, periodismo de investigación y derecho a la información, con la aspiración de contribuir al logro de una ciudadanía más consciente ante la necesidad de defender y ejercer estos derechos.

• free speech

• Media

La Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC) es una organización de la sociedad civil con sede en Argentina que, desde su creación en 1995, trabaja en la defensa y promoción de los derechos civiles y humanos en Argentina y América Latina.

• human rights

• Participatory democracy
• Digital rights

How Conservative Elites Manipulate Search and Threaten Democracy, by Francesca Bolla Tripodi

• books

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Learn about civic tech

Una herramienta para conocer qué saben las empresas sobre vos

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

Derechos Humanos en Venezuela #RedesAyuda #ONG

• free speech
• human rights

• Advocacy tech
• Specific campaigns

Power your mission with industry-leading fundraising and donor management software. Engage donors seamlessly from anywhere with a built-to-grow solution.

• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

The Empower Rangers es una creación animada pensada y ejecutada por RedesAyuda y el primero, de un grupo de ellos, es el Empower Ranger Azul.

• Media
• Digital security and privacy
• Artistic interventions

Ex Nihila is a community of founders, designers, and technologists that build and launch new ventures.

• Graveyard
• Build something
• Building in the private sector

El acceso a los servicios de la información y la comunicación y las personas con discapacidad - Un estudio exploratorio realizado en la región del Cono Sur

• reports

• Adjacent Fields
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

"In only a decade, the labour market has changed beyond all recognition - from zero-hour contracts to platform monopolies - meanwhile union memberships are at historic lows."

• Decent work and economic growth
• labor
• books

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Books

How to publish open data: a list of advice and tools

• guides

• Civic data

This handbook provides an overview of the creation, maintenance and adoption of a policy-related open data standard.

• guides

• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

Vote Rookie ist eine überparteiliche Demokratie Plattform. Wir unterstützen junge Menschen bei der Teilhabe an Politik und bürgerschaftlichem Engagement.

• youth

• Participatory democracy
• Voting and elections
• Digital participation platforms