Mchaguzi is an independent web-based, voter-centred electoral intelligence toolkit designed and implemented by The Demography Project, to enhance citizen participation and engagement before, during and after the 2022 Kenyan General Election.

• Voting and elections
• Factchecking
• Voter assistance tech

A collection of essays edited by Ana Brandusescu and Jess Reia featuring essays from participants of the AI in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust symposium that took place remotely on February 10, 2022.

• cities

• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech
• Participatory democracy

Undebates web-based technology allows candidates to self-record and upload their content simply by clicking a link and following on-screen instructions.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Debate

Democracy can work better than it does today, and we believe that starts with better human connections. Our online tools inspire people of all backgrounds and every political conviction to learn more about all sides of the conversation.

• Participatory democracy

The Deliberative Media Lab focused on democracies that have experienced cultural and political strife influenced and amplified by social media and reduced public deliberation. The Lab explored the historical, cultural, and technological roots of our media ecosystem, and sought solutions for enhancing global democratic deliberation.

• Media
• Research and policy centers
• Social media

Interactive Explorations for Students and Teachers, by Robert W. Maloy, Torrey Trust, Allison Butler, & Chenyang Xu

• students
• books

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic literacy

WeVis is a civic technology aiming to empower people to reclaim an active role in political life through technology and open data. We curate, analyze and visualize any relevant data to make democracy more open and more transparent, encouraging people to express their opinions and make better decisions.

• Civic data
• Data visualization

We make parliamentary debates more transparent and accessible

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Track the trolls & sock-puppets poisoning our democracies

• X (Twitter)

• Media
• Media and social media analysis
• Fight disinformation

A public engagement toolkit that enables a media house or civil society organisation to easily set up channels for engagement.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms

Interviews with 90 respondents

• reports

• Media
• Fight disinformation

Compute the impact of public policy

• Climate action

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

Identifying audiences via TV, internet and news consumption patterns

• YouTube

• Media
• Media and social media analysis

CiviCue is a democratic media equipped with blockchain voting and friendly voter authentication to establish shared understanding.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms

Public engagement around plan to merge digital strategy and smart city strategy in Berlin

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Urbanpinion is a citizen engagement platform that lets city government, community leaders, architects and activists easily set up a landing with an interactive map to collect citizens suggestions, receive analytics based on collected data and make later on right decisions for city development.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms

Parent brand of EveryAction, NGPVAN, Network for Good, and more

• Advocacy tech
• Nonprofit tech

Open government initiative to encourage open and participatory government

• Participatory democracy

Hawkfish was a 2020 Election effort, supported by Mike Bloomberg, that engaged with Democratic candidates, allies & causes to reach the right voters with the right message in the right place using robust technology, data, and digital-first storytelling.

• partisan

• Organize campaigns
• Artificial Intelligence
• Graveyard

A library of design interventions to encourage prosocial behaviors online

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Playbooks and design principles
• Research tools

Create a digital public sphere to discuss and decide together

• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms
• Civic forums

OECD podcast episode

• Fight disinformation
• Podcasts

Design for Civic Change is a professional development program for government workers interested in implementing community-engaged design within their work.

• trainings
• coaching

• Govtech
• Participatory democracy

Encouraging individuals of exceptional talent and creativity to advance bold new projects in education, immigration, the environment, social justice, media, and health.

• Participatory democracy
• Fellowships

The European Union developed a Code of Practice on Disinformation based on the findings of its High Level Working Group on the issue.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Civic tech legislation and policy

Data enriches public debate and therefore strengthens democracy. An informed society is capable of making conscious decisions.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

DUBAWA is Nigeria’s independent verification and fact-checking platform, initiated by the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) and supported by the most influential newsrooms and civic organisations in the country to help amplify the culture of truth in public discourse, public policy, and media practice.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

The Certified Content Coalition certified trustworthy publishers that meet fundamental standards, giving consumers confidence in journalistic content.

• Media
• Graveyard
• Fight disinformation

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
• Voting and elections
• Fight disinformation

This new guide is designed to help democracy practitioners better understand social media trends, content, data, and networks.

• reports

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media and social media analysis

Congo Check est un média spécialisé dans la vérification des faits ou factchecking. Congo Check est un projet de l'ASBL/ONG Initiative des fact-chechekers du Congo, IFC.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

This is an online resource guide for civil society groups looking to better deal with the problem of disinformation. Let us know your concerns and we will suggest resources, curated by civil society practitioners and the Programme on Democracy and Technology.

• guides

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Civic tech catalogs

Since 2012, the Programme on Democracy & Technology has been investigating the use of algorithms, automation, and computational propaganda in public life.

• Media
• Research and policy centers
• Fight disinformation

Proyecto de evaluación ciudadana del proceso constituyente en Chile

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Specific campaigns

Social Science One implements a new type of partnership between academic researchers and the private sector to advance the goals of social science in understanding and solving society’s greatest challenges.

• Civic data
• Media
• Fight disinformation

The "Surviving the Networks" project aims to strengthen civic culture in Brazil by offering information and strategies on how to better inform oneself in social networks.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

UK government toolkit to help support the dissemination of reliable, truthful information that underpins our democracy.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

Rappler values truth-telling, facts, and factual reporting.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

PUSAD is a center for research on religion and democracy, they conduct research on hate speech and political disinformation.

• hate speech

• Media
• Fight disinformation

The Venezuelan Fake News Observatory aims to educate and empower citizens in the face of a reality that is submerged daily in the misinformation produced, among other reasons, by the almost immediate viralization of falsified information that circulates, mainly, on social networks.

• Media
• Fight disinformation

NGO "Ukraine-2050" is a working to counter disinformation through a media monitoring program.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media monitoring

NewseumED.org offers free resources to cultivate the First Amendment and media literacy skills essential to civic life.

• free speech

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

"The News Literacy Project is a national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan, independent programs that teach students how to know what to believe in the digital age." - Counteringdisinformation.org

• students

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

Netvizz is a data collection and extraction application that allows researchers to export data in standard file formats from different sections of the Facebook social networking service.

• Facebook

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media and social media analysis

Memo 98 is a specialist media monitoring organization, with extensive experience of delivery media analyses on behalf of international institutions as well as technical assistance to civil society groups.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media and social media analysis

The Election Observation Mission (La Misión de Observación Electoral, MOE) is an election observer group based in Colombia.

• Media
• Voting and elections
• Fight disinformation

The USAID-funded Media Program in Ukraine will empower local media to expand Ukrainian citizens’ access to high-quality news and information.

• Media
• Fight disinformation

The Citizen Helpdesks are a pioneering citizen feedback, dialogue and community voice platform to ensure accountability in the development process.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Fight disinformation

A fundamental pillar of the democratic system is that there is freedom of expression and dissemination, and that citizens are duly informed to make correct decisions in their daily lives.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) was formed in the firm belief that there is an urgent need to strengthen institution and capacity-building for good governance and conflict transformation in Sri Lanka and that non-partisan civil society groups have an important and constructive contribution to make to this process.

• Engagement tech
• Citizen Engagement