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Open spreadsheet to calculate the carbon benefits of protected bikelanes
research4impact
United States of America (the)We envision a world in which people with diverse forms of expertise seamlessly learn from each other, particularly those working to understand and solve complex social problems.
Strengthening democracy by conducting rigorous research, advancing evidence-based public policy, and training the next generation of scholars.
BBC Media Action
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international charity - we believe in media and communication for good
Code for America Brigades Impact Sprints 2022
San FranciscoA Code for America Network program designed to create opportunities for Brigades to strengthen partnerships and catalyze local impact.
factchecking-sites-scraper
India (Bhārat)One of Tattle's goals is to make stories fact-checking content circulated on chat apps and social media more accessible to mobile first users
Themes in Factchecking Articles
India (Bhārat)This interactive dashboard displays the themes in fact-checking articles we scraped from IFCN-certified websites in the selected week.
Stanford Digital Impact Toolkit
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USALeveraging digital data in ways that advance your mission and respect the rights of the people you serve is a core capacity of foundations and nonprofits in the 21st century
Data & Society Disinformation Action Lab
Data & Society Research Institute, West 20th Street, New York, NY, USAThe Disinformation Action Lab (DAL) at Data & Society forges new approaches to address the complex dynamics underpinning the spread of propaganda and disinformation. Last publication December 2020.
Investigating the empirical case of urban biking activists in Madrid, we explore how the design of the digital platform Decide Madrid impacted the collaborative practices involved in digital participatory budgeting.
At ClimateAction.tech, we meet, discuss, learn and take climate action together. We would love for you to join us on Slack.
WhatsApp Third Party Fact-Checkers
San FranciscoEnd-to-end fact-checking on the WhatsApp Business API organized by Meedan
InfoActivismo
South AmericaA collection of tactics, cases, and guides to using information for activism
A chart of thousands of media sources based on source reliability and surveys of perceived political biases
TechImpact Technology Learning Center (formerly NPower)
United States of America (the)Find original research, insights, and assessment tools to help you solve your biggest tech challenges.
ImpactBoard
Johannesburg, South AfricaImpactBoard is a data management solution (and dashboard) that provides programmes with intelligence to achieve impact.
Google Sheet with over 200 impact investors listed
Bethnal Green's Directory of over 80 impact organisations in tech for good
An Airtable of over 172 impact investors
GhanaFact
GhanaGhana’s first full-time fact-checking organisation signatory to the International Fact-checking Network (IFCN) Code of Principles.
FakerFact was an Artificial Intelligence tool built to help us understand more about what we read.
Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC), founded in 2015, is an independent online media outlet.
Tactical Tech’s Gendersec Training Curricula on “Hacking Hate Speech”
Brunnenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin, GermanyA training workshop curriculum on how to set up an online support network, create textual and visual counterspeech content, and deploy a counterspeech campaign.
Taiwan FactCheck Center
7F, No. 7, Lane 116, Guangfu South Road, Daan District, Taipei City 10694Taiwan’s first fact-checking center was jointly supported by the Taiwan Media Observation Education Foundation and the Quality Journalism Development Association.
Digital Ethical Pact
PanamaPanama's Digital Ethical Pact is an agreement where signatories pledge to follow the following: 1. Collaborate with the Electoral Tribunal so that the electoral ban is respected and electoral campaign is only carried out during the permitted periods of 45 days before the internal elections of the political parties and 60 days before the general elections.
OwlFactor automatically calculates the quality of an article based on four factors
VERA Files is a nonstock, nonprofit independent media organization.
Troll Factory
Finland (Suomi)Troll Factory was developed by a team of experts at Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company.
Rappler values truth-telling, facts, and factual reporting.
The purpose of this handbook is to increase public communicators' awareness and understanding of information influence campaigns and develop their ability to respond.
Nepal Fact Check
NepalCenter for Media Research – Nepal (CMR Nepal) is an autonomous, research and policy-oriented, not-for-profit non-governmental policy think tank registered with Nepal Government and Social Welfare Council and is based in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
Namibia Fact Check
NamibiaNamibia Fact Check is an impartial initiative that aims to verify public statements and media reports.
Poynter's global guide on existing attempts to legislate against what can broadly be referred to as online misinformation
AFP Fact Check is a global digital verification service that tackles damaging misinformation on topics such as COVID-19 and elections.
The African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA) is a network of media and civil society organizations that work to counter misinformation. The network supports fact-checking missions to debunk dangerous content, including conspiracy theories and misinformation.
FactsMatterNg
NigeriaThe 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.
Factly
HyderabadFactly strives to cultivate civic participation and engaging citizens in accessing, understanding, and using important government data/information at various levels
Fact Check Initiative Japan
Japan (Nihon or Nippon)FIJ is a non-profit organization for the promotion of Japanese fact-checking aimed at protecting society from mis/disinformation.
Fact Crescendo
Crescendo Transcription Pvt Ltd, STPI, # 23, 24, 25 & 26, 2nd Floor, Naregaon Main Rd, MIDC Industrial Area, Chilkalthana, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431201 IndiaFact Crescendo is an independent, unbiased fact-checking website that is committed to bringing the fact behind every news, debunking mis-interpreted & hoax news on a daily basis on false, mis-informed, social media as well as mainstream media.
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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