A collection of tools designed to support gig economy workers

• labor

• Civic tech catalogs

Initiative of Mobile World Capital Barcelona

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Citizen Engagement

Understand the role of the Telegram app in the dissemination of disinformation among Brazilian far-right groups and Analyse (online) radicalization process and (offline) political violence against democratic institutions, especially the Brazilian presidential election in October 2022

• reports

• Fight disinformation
• Reports

Panama'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.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Voting and elections

A user guide for civil society organizations and researchers to assess the vulnerability of a country’s electoral integrity to online manipulation.

• guides

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Voting and elections

The Digital Enquirer Kit is centered around misinformation, fact-based research and digital security.

• guides

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

The Digital Polarization Initiative, or “DigiPo”, is ADP's national effort to build student civic, information and web literacy by having students participate in a broad, cross-institutional project to fact-check, annotate, and provide context to the different news stories that show up in our Twitter and Facebook feeds.

• students

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

"The Digital Democracy Charter outlines several guiding principles on countering online disinformation and strengthening our democracies given the new digital age." - Counteringdisinformation.org

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Manifestos

The Digital Maturity Indicator (DMI) is a tool to help organisations measure, benchmark and improve their digital maturity across six key areas.

• Govtech
• Evaluate impact
• Digital transformation

The Digital Democracy Room is an initiative of FGV DAPP to monitor the public debate on the internet and fight disinformation strategies which threaten the integrity of political and electoral processes, seeking to strengthen the democratic institutions.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media and social media analysis

The Digital Democracy Monitor Toolkit seeks to empower researchers with the knowledge, tools and examples to analyse democratic discourse online.

• guides

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media and social media analysis

Digital Green is a global development organization that empowers smallholder farmers to lift themselves out of poverty by harnessing the collective power of technology and grassroots-level partnerships.

• agriculture
• No poverty

• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

Digital Civics is a long-term research initiative led by Open Lab, Newcastle University that is exploring how digital technologies can empower citizens and communities.

• Research and policy centers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech
• Urban planning

The Digital Equity Laboratory uncovers and addresses structural inequities that persist and evolve as technology transforms our cultural, social, and political systems.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy
• Research and policy centers

Taught by David Eaves

• Govtech
• Courses
• Digital transformation

Though successive generations of digital technology have become increasingly powerful in the past twenty years, digital democracy has yet to realize its potential for deliberative transformation.

• Digital Public Infrastructure

We explore societal perspectives surrounding the development and application of digital technology, focusing on ethics, policy, politics, and quality of life. 2017

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Research and policy centers

The Digital Democracy Lab researches the implications of digital technology for politics and democracy using computational social science methods.

• Research and policy centers

Peer communities of digital US government workers. Collaborate and share resources with others across government. You must have a .gov email address to join.

• Govtech
• Peer networks

A comprehensive guide on how government agencies can recruit, hire, onboard, and retain digital talent.

• guides

• Govtech

The Digital Lab Fellowship is a paid, non-resident opportunity to uncover and address emerging consumer harms in the digital world. The Fellowship may be of interest to engineers, computer scientists, information security professionals, independent researchers, academics, social scientists, and others. 

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Fellowships
• Consumer watchdogging

Concise summaries of a range of tech + society considerations

• News and blogs

The Digital Freedom Fund supports strategic litigation on digital rights in Europe that contributes to advancing human rights in the digital context.

• human rights

• Digital security and privacy
• Funders & donors

We’re a collection of agile technology and design firms that serve—or aspire to serve—the government.

• Govtech
• Partner networks
• Govtech vendors

A collection of open source digital public goods sorted by Sustainable Development Goals

• Partnerships for the Goals

• Civic tech catalogs

The Digital Public Goods Standard is a set of specifications and guidelines designed to maximise consensus about whether a digital solution conforms to the definition of a digital public good: open-source software, open data, open AI models, open standards, and open content that adhere to privacy and other applicable best practices, do no harm by design and are of high relevance for attainment of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Partnerships for the Goals

• Data schemas and standards

A short guide to help keep journalists and their sources safe

• guides

• Media
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Solidarity with frontline communities using tech to defend environmental & human rights. Co-building mapping & monitoring tools. Challenging tech colonialism.

• Sustainable cities and communities
• human rights

• Digital rights

People Powered's independent expert committee scored 26 of the top digital engagement platforms

• Digital participation platforms
• Report cards and audits

Our mission is to transform how government learns, builds, delivers, and measures digital services in the 21st century. And we do that by providing people in the federal government with the tools, methods, practices, and policy guidance they need to deliver effective and accessible digital services. It is our job to be the experts in the problems people in government face, and support them wherever they may be blocked.

The Digital Public Goods Alliance is a multi-stakeholder initiative to accelerate the attainment of the sustainable development goals in low- and middle-income countries by facilitating the discovery, development, use of, and investment in digital public goods.

• Partnerships for the Goals

• Partner networks
• Open source networks

Nigerian internet safety project

• anti-harassment

• Graveyard
• Digital literacy

Online hangouts with government officials

• Communicating with the government
• Open asks

Supporting open source project leaders implementing best practices in sustainability, governance, and community health.

• Adjacent Fields
• Incubators
• Decentralization

The Indicator Library is a key resource for our work to accelerate country demand for digital transformation and responsible data use.

• Digital transformation
• Indicators

The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) has operationalized the study of disinformation by exposing falsehoods and fake news, documenting human rights abuses, and building digital resilience worldwide.

• human rights

Digital Methods Initiative - Twitter Capture and Analysis Toolset

• X (Twitter)

• The Tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

At Meedan’s Digital Health Lab we are researching, designing and testing a digital response framework for addressing health misinformation online, centered around accessibility and equity.

• health
• Good health and well-being

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

The Digital Connector is an open source piece of software, which allows data specialists to efficiently connect data sets into a common format.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Digital Rights Monopoly is a game that reflects core digital rights issues affecting youth in marginalized regions, and offers pathways to build a healthier internet in local communities.

• The Tech
• Media
• Adjacent Fields

BLACK AND LATINX WOMEN FOUNDERS + THEIR BIG IDEAS AND HIGH GROWTH COMPANIES + OUR TRAINING, NETWORK, AND ACCESS TO FUNDING = SOMETHING THE STARTUP WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE

• racial equity
• Latinx

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Incubators

AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT INTERNET AND SOCIETY RESEARCH THINK TANK BASED IN HONG KONG

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Artificial Intelligence

E-Collecting for Switzerland

• Participatory democracy
• Voting and elections
• Petitions

Examining the overall technology programs and plans of the city with awards presented concurrently with the National League of Cities conference held each November.

• cities

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

DGI curates focused, in-depth programs where technical communities gather to share their knowledge and success. DGI delivers substantial, useful information

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

360/OS brings together journalists, activists, innovators, and leaders from around the world as part of our grassroots digital solidarity movement fighting for objective truth as a foundation of democracy.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Digital Impact (formerly Markets for Good) is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab to improve the data infrastructure for social good and help civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.

• Adjacent Fields
• Learn about civic tech
• Get funding

This project seeks to facilitate the co-creation of prototypes that can advance digital transparency and enable agency in the world's public spaces.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media