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GreatFire
China (Zhong Guo)We monitor and challenge internet censorship in China
InfoNile
United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania)InfoNile is a cross-border group of geojournalists with a mission to uncover critical stories on water issues in the Nile River Basin through data-based multimedia storytelling.
Cazadores de Fake News
Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaSomos una comunidad crowdsourcing que monitorea la desinformación difundidas en cadenas de WhatsApp y redes sociales entre venezolanos. Nuestro centro de operaciones es un grupo de Telegram abierto en el que analizamos colectivamente la información que recibimos.
A storyteller’s guide to reframing Africa
Undebates
United States of America (the)Undebates web-based technology allows candidates to self-record and upload their content simply by clicking a link and following on-screen instructions.
A February 2021 report by Polaris, The Soufan Group, and Limbik
Information Futures Lab Fellows Program
Brown UniversityThe Information Futures Fellowship is a novel opportunity for practitioners in public health, healthcare, community organizations, media, policy, design and other fields who are actively working on responses to the ongoing information crisis.
Brown Information Futures Lab
Brown UniversityOur lab is where technology, innovation, policy and community meet, one pilot at a time.
Global Disinformation Lab at UT Austin
Austin, TXThe Global DisInformation Lab (GDIL) was established in 2020 at the University of Texas at Austin to encourage collaborative interdisciplinary academic research on the global circulation of misinformation, and disinformation.
The Listening Post Collective Playbook
United States of America (the)As part of the Listening Post Collective’s commitment to developing civic media + power-building resources, we’ve launched a free, self-paced, digital learning platform that guides you through launching your own civic media project.
You are the senior editor of the world’s most popular and trusted news organization. You have the enviable power to set the news agenda, and thereby shift the zeitgeist.
Persuasive Games
Atlanta, GA, USAWe design, build, and distribute videogames for persuasion, instruction, and activism
Track the trolls & sock-puppets poisoning our democracies
Code for Africa Slack
AfricaDo you want to join Africa's largest civic technology // open data // digital journalism community on Slack?
A bot that debunks claims shared on social media by sharing a fact check.
actNOW
AfricaA public engagement toolkit that enables a media house or civil society organisation to easily set up channels for engagement.
OSINT framework focused on gathering information from free tools or resources. The intention is to help people find free OSINT resources.
ANCIR partners with investigative newsrooms to produce data-driven investigative reports using social network analysis, entity analysis and open source intelligence.
A.N.C.I.R. Misinfo
AfricaA project investigating the stories and the data behind fake news in Africa
The Panama Papers is an unprecedented investigation that reveals the offshore links of some of the globe’s most prominent figures.
ADDO is a coalition of investigative analysis + forensic research organisations that monitor how digital tools and civic technologies impact on the rights of African citizens. The Medium publication covers disinfo trends, provides micro-grant funding to research fellows, and publishes investigations, as well as tools and resources for fighting disinformation.
The African Digital Democracy Observatory (ADDO) is offering a series of seed grants and additional technical support for targeted research into how both state-affiliated and other lobbyist groups use influence/information operations and disinformation and targeted propaganda to subvert African democracies. The initial research grants focus on four countries: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal.
Lighthouse Reports
UtrechtPioneering Collaborative Journalism
An ongoing series of reports about ad-funded disinformation
Disinformation Pathways and Effects: Case Studies from Five African Countries
Cameroon (Cameroon, Cameroun)Interviews with 90 respondents
CiviCue
Taiwan (T'ai-wan)CiviCue is a democratic media equipped with blockchain voting and friendly voter authentication to establish shared understanding.
Urbanpinion
Eastern EuropeUrbanpinion 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.
Uchaguzi 2022
KenyaElection monitoring project of volunteer digital response teams for the upcoming Kenyan elections in August 2022
News Leaders Association
Reynolds Journalism InstituteNLA advances the cause of quality professional journalism, and welcomes news leaders, academics and others.
Hawkfish
New York CityHawkfish 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.
Potential Energy Coalition
New York CityPotential Energy is a nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition that brings together America’s leading creative, analytic and media agencies to shift the narrative on climate change. Together, we are using the power of marketing to develop new narratives, engage new audiences, and build demand for a better, cleaner, more prosperous world.
In the Name of Religion
AfricaAn initiative from Code for Africa and ICFJ for Journalists to Help Citizens Overcome Barriers to Religious Freedom
Code for Africa partnered with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and Ayin Network to offer a combination of training, professional mentorship and story grants to journalists in Nigeria and Sudan, to enable them to produce digital storytelling around issues of religious freedom, so as to improve understanding of tolerance versus militancy and extremism.
International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
750 17th Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006Journalists in ICFJ's unparalleled network produce news reports that lead to better governments, economies and societies.
River Sentiment Dashboard
University of Oxford, 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS, UKLinking river health to wellbeing in the Thames basin
Emerson Collective Fellowship
United States of America (the)Encouraging individuals of exceptional talent and creativity to advance bold new projects in education, immigration, the environment, social justice, media, and health.
The Digital Enquirer Kit is centered around misinformation, fact-based research and digital security.
"The Digital Democracy Charter outlines several guiding principles on countering online disinformation and strengthening our democracies given the new digital age." - Counteringdisinformation.org
The Digital Democracy Monitor Toolkit seeks to empower researchers with the knowledge, tools and examples to analyse democratic discourse online.
Digital Ethical Pact
PanamaPanama'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.
Our mission is to ensure that information technology and social media play a proactive role in supporting democracy and human rights globally.
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