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The GSA Equity Study on Remote Identity Proofing
GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USABy participating in GSA’s study on identity verification technology, you can help identify potential barriers and challenges that impact individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Digital Authentication and Identity Proofing in Public Benefits Applications
Georgetown University, Washington, DCCreated and published by the Digital Benefits Network, this open dataset and analysis documents identity proofing and authentication practices in online public benefits applications across the US, contributing to field-wide understanding about the digital identity landscape in public benefits, an important issue for equitable benefits access.
Data reveals a patchwork of approaches to digital identities across the continent with varying levels of success.
Berkman Klein center research effort: GLOBAL COHORT OF EARLY-CAREER SCHOLARS AND PRACTITIONERS EXPLORES THE ETHICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONSIDERATIONS OF DIGITAL IDENTITY IN TIMES OF CRISIS
Zug ID, Switzerland blockchain for identity
Zug, SwitzerlandWe recently announced our cooperation with the Swiss City of Zug and local development partner ti&m to introduce the world’s first live…
A resource from Joinup
Bringing together 50 members of the UK public to deliberate on the use of biometrics technologies like facial recognition.
ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier (an ORCID iD) that you own and control, and that distinguishes you from every other researcher.
Meant to provide a high-level view of the Self Sovereign Decentralized Identity landscape.
In a new series of blogs, Richard Pope looks at concrete examples of digital transparency, accountability and recourse from around the world.
AID:Tech’s Kare Platform Enables Fast & Instant Disbursements to Survivors Via Digital ID
[W]hich aspires to establish a global democracy, solving the hard problem of representing every human in the world – including those who won’t participate – without the help of government.
Bio ID Evaluation Tool
AfricaWith support from the Omidyar Network, the joint team worked with local researchers in Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe to extract a snapshot of the state of digital identity, using an evaluation framework specifically designed by CIS for assessing digital identity ecosystems.
Humanitarian ID is an authentication service managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).
Nagarikapp
NepalNepalese government mobile app for citizens
Astroturfing 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.
This white paper seeks to unpack the use of Indigenous or non-majority language in the existing digital landscape.
Homeward is an identity management system and intelligent resettlement platform for displaced populations.
Google's open-sourced Mediapipe-based library to redact faces from videos and images
The Certified Content Coalition certified trustworthy publishers that meet fundamental standards, giving consumers confidence in journalistic content.
In the "Widely Viewed Content Report", Facebook provides the 20 individual links and 20 individual posts that were seen by the highest number of people, in the US, for the quarter. In this dashboard, we are tracking objective properties of these 20 posts, links, and the producers behind them, as well as the extent to which it is possible for Facebook users to assess the content from a media literacy perspective.
LA's Angeleno Account
Los Angeles, CAWith the Beta launch of the Angeleno Account, the City of Los Angeles is building the foundation for a common account to access your City apps.
What if we could use rules, tests, and parameters to isolate hate speech? Can we identify and analyze elements like speaker intent, context, identity, tone, audience, or any number of indicators that transform words into meanings and change an innocuous statement into a verbal assault? Combating the proliferation of online hate speech and understanding its mechanics is a complex undertaking. We believe, however, that it can be done. And one way we are working to do so is by teaching machines to recognize hate.
C3PLACES
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e TecnologiasUsing ICT for Co-Creation of inclusive public Places
Eligibee
BerkeleyEligibee is a free nonprofit tool that helps you find and apply for government assistance, making it easier to get the food, healthcare, and income supports you need today.
The Engine Room's project with Open Society Foundations to reimagine what digital ID systems rooted in justice can look like.
The Center for Countering Digital Hate's primary goal is to disrupt alliances between hate actors and political parties actors in digital spaces.
Mission Billion Challenge
Cambridge, MAto surface practical and cost-effective solutions on ‘privacy by design’ features that can be embedded into digital identification systems and empowering users with their data.
Blockchange
2 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY, USAAn initiative to examine whether and how blockchain technologies can be used for social change.
Rethink Aadhaar
IndiaThe Aadhaar project also has a sinister side to it -- it is a surveillance-enabling programme, which threatens privacy and democratic practice.
US Digital Registry
United States of America (the)The U.S. Digital Registry serves as a resource for agencies, citizens, and developers to confirm the official status of social media and public-facing collaboration accounts, mobile apps, and mobile websites.
CivLab
Lehigh University, Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA, USACivLab is a suite of complementary projects and design-thinking that revolve around the concepts of citizenship, civics, and engagement.
PersonalData.IO
Impact Hub Geneva, Rue Fendt, Geneva, SwitzerlandA collaborative tool to display data records on a map. Your data, Your control, Your options
Gov.uk Verify
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)GDS is leading the digital transformation of the UK government.
Article One
Washington, DCFireside specializes in creating the most innovative and easy-to-use tools to help Congressional offices connect with their constituents more efficiently.
ID2020 is a global alliance committed to improving lives through digital identity.
Annenberg Civic Media Fellowship
3502 Watt Way, ASC 104 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281a fellowship program to empower social entrepreneurs, artists, activists, scholars and other catalysts to increase awareness, understanding and engagement around pressing areas of public interest, with particular attention to underrepresented communities and their ideas
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