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HetzJaeger
Germany (Deutschland)A campaign to create hack algorithmic music discovery algorithms to promote an anti-Nazi message and pressure audio platforms to stop hosting Nazi content
Seekr
Vienna, VANews site that ranks news organizations with its algorithm's partisanship score, and allows users to filter sources accordingly
Common Voice
Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USAMozilla's Common Voice Project seeks to be a part of the solution. It's a platform where anyone can donate their voice to an open source data bank.
In an increasingly dangerous world, there’s one simple thing every messaging platform must do right now: make our messages safe using end-to-end encryption.
An award for the best games for social impact of the year
The AnNahar newspaper used its paper and ink to provide election ballots instead
The Systemic Racism Pin
Quebec City, QC, CanadaWe highjacked Google Maps API to create a geolocated placename called Systemic Racism, just in front of the Parliament of Quebec, where it'd be impossible for the Premier to ignore.
Niji eco-design site concept
FranceUsers choose which resources they want to "consume", or load, to reduce the website's footprint
Pinterest Climate Disinformation Policy
San FranciscoOur new policy makes Pinterest the only major digital platform to have clearly defined guidelines against false or misleading climate change information, including conspiracy theories, across content and ads.
Beyond Binary Code Builder
New ZealandCode and other resources to help businesses create more inclusive web forms and collect fewer data in general
CommunityX
Chicago, ILCreate and Explore world-changing petitions, events, fundraisers, and boycotts all in one place.
A CSR project by Vaseline that created a database to "search conditions on skin of color"
A campaign website nominated for a 2023 Webby Award
We think our kids are safe in school online. But many of them are being surveilled, and parents have often been kept in the dark. Kids are priceless, not products.
Meals on Wheels Charlottesville/Albermarle
Charlottesville, VAThis [2023 Webby Award nominated] app allows current Meals on Wheels volunteers in the Charlottesville/Albemarle area to easily see their assigned routes, view customer stops, and navigate to each customer on the route.
"We created the foundation in 2016 - economists, IT and communication specialists - to support the development of free digital tools necessary for community decision-making, and to operate such tools." (Translated)
Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Walking Tour
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USATomiko Brown-Nagin, chair of the Committee on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery, introduces you to the Initiative's work and this tour.
A native app that allows you to monitor more than 35 different severe weather and emergency alerts in your town, and other cities that matter to you, such as hurricanes, earthquakes and tornados.
Martyrology of the Russian-Ukrainian war victims among the civilians. Add information about the deceased people. Keep the memory about them alive.
Welcome Humanitarian Data & Digital Enthusiasts! Here You Can Find All Things Related To Data & Digital.
Oslo Governance Centre
Oslo, NorwayThe Oslo Governance Centre (OGC) is UNDPs dedicated Global Policy Centre for Governance issues. It promotes transformative governance for peaceful, just and inclusive societies.
An Airtable of 30 anti-corruption projects
Buoyant Ventures
Illinois, USAWe invest in digital solutions to climate change.
Red Ciudadana
GuatemalaParticipación, formación ciudadana y apertura de datos Somos una organización que trabaja por una Guatemala más democrática, innovadora y transparente.
The SDG16 Survey jointly developed by UNDP, UNODC and OHCHR provides a high quality, well tested tool that countries can use to measure progress on many of the survey-based indicators under SDG16.
ElecciónMP
GuatemalaConoce todo sobre el proceso de elección del Fiscal General del Ministerio Público de Guatemala
DemandStar
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199Governments Post Bids, Businesses Get Notified, eBidding Makes It Easy
Sherpa Government Solutions
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199Public Sector Budgeting Software
EUNA Procurement
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199Bonfire provides software that helps procurement teams and stakeholders come together to make smarter buying decisions, easily and with certainty.
EUNA Solutions
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199GTY brings leading government technology companies together to empower the government workforce with digital tools to transform the citizen and stakeholder experience.
CityBase
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199CityBase technology helps people find, apply, and pay for public services — and helps staff manage those interactions. More than 100 government agencies, cities, counties, states, and utilities use the CityBase platform for hassle-free payments and digital services.
eCivis
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199eCivis helps state and local governments maximize grant funding, optimize financial and program performance, and prepare cost allocation plans.
X-ray contact
Slovenia (Slovenija)A platform for searching information about people based on open-source data
A transportation operating system for orchestrating, governing, and powering modern mobility.
OpenBook
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199Questica OpenBook is a transparency and data visualization software that enables organizations to share their financial and other data, when and where they need to.
GSA Workplace Innovation Lab
GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USALocated on the second floor of our headquarters at 1800 F Street NW, Washington, D.C., the Workplace Innovation Lab showcases the latest innovations in office design, furniture, and technology to meet the needs of today’s hybrid federal workers.
Machine Learning Trainings for Journalists
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AEFree online courses supported by the Google News Initiative.
Airtable of JournalismAI Case Studies
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AEIn the database, we collect the best case studies we come across, to ensure that everyone in our global network can learn from and be inspired by these creative applications of AI in journalism
JournalismAI Fellowship Programme
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AEThe JournalismAI Fellowship Programme is a free online initiative that brings together journalists and technologists from media organisations worldwide to explore innovative solutions to improve journalism via the use of AI technologies.
Attack Detector
Brazil (Brasil)An AI tool that detected cyber harassment of journalists journalists and environmental activists in Mexico and Brazil on Twitter. Site broken by Twitter's policy change.
Polis (London School of Economics)
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AELondon School of Economics’ media think-tank in collaboration with the LSE’s Department of Media and Communications.
JournalismAI
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AEJournalismAI [at LSE] is a global initiative that empowers news organisations to use artificial intelligence responsibly.
Brave Conversations
LondonBrave Conversations seeks to explore the inter-relationship betweens humans, society and technology - as we develop smart tecnologies we need to become smarter humans!
RosKomSvoboda
Russian Federation (the)RosKomSvoboda is the first Russian public organization operating in the field of digital rights protection and digital empowerment.
This standard explains what you need to do to make your web content and services accessible. We need to design and build services and content that everyone can access and understand.
In the municipal partnership program, ICLD offers local governments in a number of partner countries and Swedish municipalities and regions, the possibility to enter result oriented collaborations for exchange and peer learning.
Free service to create a personal VPN on your server. Helps to access blocked content without revealing privacy even to VPN providers.
ICLD’s mission is to support democratic participation and change at the local level.
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