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Twitter Brigade
LjubljanaAstroturfing research. We spent the second half of 2020 analysing 24 fake Twitter profiles that published divisive or hostile content and were regularly mentioned or retweeted by Slovenian right-wing politicians.
a tool that allows members of the media to track the trustworthiness of stories shared on Twitter.
Twitter's Academic Data Grants
Twitter HQ, Market Street, San Francisco, CA, USATwitter Data Grants, through which we’ll give a handful of research institutions access to our public and historical data.
Twitter Vote Report
United States of America (the)Twitter Vote Report (TVR) was an all-volunteer nonpartisan online project designed to encourage voters in the 2008 U.S. presidential election to submit brief accounts of their voting experiences using mobile and online tools.
Pinboard is a fast, private, and ad-free social bookmarking service founded in 2009
Over 700 organizations and individuals petitioning Twitter not to revoke free research access to its API
A Twitter bot to tweet out procurements on SAM.gov occurring for the legislative branch
What’s the connection between a campaign issue and a vegetable? ProPublica President Richard Tofel reminded us this month. “For too many voters, as every editor in her or his darkest heart knows…
Digital Methods Initiative - Twitter Capture and Analysis Toolset
Juicer is a social media aggregator that allows users to easily add social media feeds from various platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn to any website
The report explores the potential for social justice organizations in the Majority World to transition to alternative social media platforms, such as Mastodon and BlueSky, as a way to address the concerns and limitations of mainstream platforms like Facebook and Twitter
GenderAvenger Tally
San FranciscoCelebrate (or shame) event organizers for their program's gender (im)balance.
Public Data Access Programs - A First Look
Washington, DCThe EU’s Digital Services Act mandates greater researcher data access from platforms; Mozilla and the National Conference on Citizenship investigated 19 platforms’ responses
Through voicemail, apps, websites, and Twitter, Boston’s sophisticated 311 system allows citizens to report potholes, broken streetlights, graffiti, and vandalism that affect everyone’s quality of life. Drawing on Boston’s rich data, Daniel T. O’Brien offers a model of what smart technology can do for cities seeking both growth and sustainability.
This volume sets out to analyse the relation between social media and politics by investigating the power of the internet and more specifically social media, in the political and social discourse
Located at the nexus between politics and the digital, this PhD thesis wants to shed light on the changing dynamics, opportunities and challenges citizens and parties are confronted with due to ongoing technological changes
For those looking to organize for the first time or for seasoned activists looking to update their repertoire, the time is ripe for a playbook like Becoming a Citizen Activist.
Twenty-eight chapters from senior and junior social media scholars cover war, insurrections, revolutions, and quests for social justice through case studies of Cuba, Georgia, Egypt, India, Iran, Jordan, Thailand, Tunisia, and the United
"Governor Barbie" social campaign
Michigan, USAThe "Governor Barbie" campaign, launched by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, was more than just an innovative approach to brand building, but a significant step toward redefining and challenging stereotypes associated with female politicians.
From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dramatic impact on political life in Kenya – one of the most electronically advanced countries in Africa.
The aim of this study is to quantify and qualify content production and consumption for articles about politicians, with a specific focus on UK Members of Parliament (MPs).
Mehr Freiheit und mehr Demokratie waren die großen Versprechen des Internets.
Encrypted Messaging Applications and Political Messaging: How They Work and Why Understanding Them is Important for Combating Global Disinformation
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USAThis report provides an overview of how various EMAs work, a review of popular EMAs and their notable features (LINE, Signal, Telegram, Viber, WhatsApp, and WeChat), and examples of how EMAs have been used for political manipulation
How political parties have changed in the age of social media
Global Coalition for Tech Justice
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The Global Coalition for Tech Justice is a newly formed global movement to ensure Big Tech plays its role in protecting elections and citizens’ rights and freedoms across the world, particularly in the global majority where companies – Meta/Facebook, Google/YouTube, Twitter, TikTok et al – have been negligent in dealing with the impacts of their social media and messaging products.
Danes je nov dan
LjubljanaLjubljana, Slovenia based civic tech NGO, focusing efforts on (digital) political participation, open data, transparency, and public institutional oversight.
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.
Empathy Helps Counter Hate Speech
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USAA team of researchers led by Dominik Hangartner, IPL co-director and professor of public policy at ETH Zurich, has joined forces with colleagues at the University of Zurich to investigate what kind of messages could lead authors of hate speech to refrain from such postings in the future
Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims
Washington, DCBrookings report: Using a combination of analytical methods – including natural language processing, machine learning, and manual classifying – this research provided the first overarching assessment of the role that popular political podcasting plays in spreading unsubstantiated and false claims.
Misinformation exposure scores measure how much the politicians and public organizations you follow tend to lie (based on fact-checking their claims by PolitiFact).
Last 100 Bills
New York City@last100bills is a Twitter bot that posts daily breakdowns of the 100 most recent bills introduced in the US government using data from GovTrack.us.
Data of New York
New York City@nycdatabot is a Twitter bot that lets you explore the city of New York through data.
Civic Tech Field Guide
LisbonThe Civic Tech Field Guide is the world’s largest collection of projects using tech for the common good.
An Earthquake Early Warning System for the West Coast of the United States
ParityBOT is a Twitter bot that spins the abuse and toxicity directed at women in politics into positive, uplifting and encouraging messages. The artificial intelligence technology that powers ParityBOT detects and classifies hateful, harmful and toxic tweets directed at women in leadership or public office
Transparency International Denmark
Transparency International Denmark, c/o MS, Faelledvej 12, 2200 Copenhagen NSTØT NU transparency international danmark Transparency International Danmark er den danske afdeling af den globale, partipolitisk uafhængige NGO Transparency International (TI), hvis overordnede formål er at bekæmpe korruption og bestikkelse overalt i verden. Bliv medlem Adresse Klosterstræde 9,1157 København K,Danmark CVR-nummer: 31995876 Kontakt Følg os Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in
We asked experts on social media to grade how ready Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube are to handle the task.
Uli
India (Bhārat)Uli lets you take control over your Twitter timeline by redacting slurs, allowing you to archive problematic tweets and coordinating actions with your friends.
Tuits borrados
ArgentinaA Politwoops instance for Argentina. En esta página hay un listado de los mensajes que eliminan los políticos argentinos en Twitter.
A bot that debunks claims shared on social media by sharing a fact check.
Track the trolls & sock-puppets poisoning our democracies
Harassment Manager
AfricaHarassment Manager is a web application that aims to empower users to document and take action on abuse targeted at them on online platforms.
Association féministe intersectionnelle à l'origine de #TwitterAgainstWomen, notre objectif est de sensibiliser et d'informer sur les cyberviolences, les droits des victimes et les recours possibles.
Uchaguzi 2022
KenyaElection monitoring project of volunteer digital response teams for the upcoming Kenyan elections in August 2022
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