We help people publish and use open data

• coop

• Civic data
• Civic and social impact companies

Chiediamo dati aperti e machine readable sull’emergenza Covid-19

• Civic data
• Specific campaigns
• Open government data

We empower people to think critically about their relationship with technology and inspire a more socially responsible future.

• workshops

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

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

• Participatory democracy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Mozilla Foundation is providing $258,300 to people and projects that reimagine the way data is governed

• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

A dynamic in-person conference on the people, technologies, policies, and cultures that make up the govtech ecosystem — brought to you by CivStart and e.Republic

• Govtech
• Conferences

A storyteller’s guide to reframing Africa

• guides

• Media
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Translation and linguistic representation

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

YAI’s Center for Innovation and Engagement understands how technology can help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities better participate in their community.

• health
• Good health and well-being

• Adjacent Fields
• Innovation teams and labs
• Hardware

Improve your team's data knowledge and skills

• guides
• toolkits

• Digital literacy
• Playbooks and design principles
• Games and gamification

Volunteer part-time, full async and remote to contribute to Preptrack, the app that supports PrEP users. PrEP is a medicine that eliminates the risk of HIV when taken correctly.

• Good health and well-being
• HIV prevention and care

• The Tech
• Tech for public challenges
• Emerging Tech Organizations

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 believe that it's never been easier to use digital technology to tackle some of the world's toughest social and environmental challenges.

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Civic hacking meetups

Do you want to join Africa's largest civic technology // open data // digital journalism community on Slack?

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Harassment Manager is a web application that aims to empower users to document and take action on abuse targeted at them on online platforms.

• Google
• anti-harassment
• hate speech

• Solidarity networks

Bloom Works is a women-owned public interest technology company. We help our partners create elegant, accessible services that put people first.

• Govtech vendors

Resources for Open Source Intelligence and Social Media Investigations.

• Media
• Media and social media analysis
• Investigative journalism tech

OSINT framework focused on gathering information from free tools or resources. The intention is to help people find free OSINT resources.

• Media
• Investigative journalism tech
• Open-source intelligence (OSINT)

Pioneering Collaborative Journalism

• waste
• food
• migration

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Nonprofit newsrooms

Online consult for abortion pills by mail

• women's health
• Good health and well-being
• health

• Advocacy tech
• Specific campaigns

An interactive scorecard where people can see if they would be flagged for social welfare fraud under the Netherlands' broken system

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Access social benefits

We’re here to help you understand how to get an abortion.

• Good health and well-being
• health
• women's health

• Civic data
• Civic maps

Identifying audiences via TV, internet and news consumption patterns

• YouTube

• Media
• Media and social media analysis

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

• Artificial Intelligence
• Graveyard
• Organize campaigns

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

Linking river health to wellbeing in the Thames basin

• Clean water and sanitation
• rivers

• Media and social media analysis
• Civic maps
• Public sentiment tools

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

What the Future Wants is an interactive youth focused exhibition that presents different perspectives on technology from the personal, to the political, to the planetary.

• youth

• Digital security and privacy
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Artistic interventions

This game aims to teach media literacy and study how people interact with misinformation.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Games and gamification

The Facebook Digital Literacy Library is hosted by Facebook and currently includes learning resources made available by Youth and Media at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

• Facebook
• youth

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Organized an e-conference for over 150 women candidates for elected office in Uganda, with a focus on navigating social barriers to political participation, including misinformation and cyberbullying.

• women

• Media
• Voting and elections
• Fight disinformation

We are an independent Venezuelan media, which uses all its platforms for the free exercise of journalism and access to information.

• 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

La Silla Vacía is an informative and interactive medium for people interested in current Colombian politics.

• Media
• Fight disinformation

Media Detector is a non-governmental organization established by Ukrainian journalists in January 2004.

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Fight disinformation

At Newschecker, it is our aim to limit and crackdown the spread of fake news in society.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

Strengthening our resolve to support the fight against misinformation in India, Internews is delighted to announce that in partnership with DataLEADS and with the support of Google.org, we will be launching a new news literacy project in India aimed at empowering the general public by helping them learn how to critically assess the information they see online and navigate news.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

The News Integrity Initative is a global consortium focused on helping people make informed judgments about the news they read and share online.

• Media
• Fight disinformation

In today’s digital world, knowing how to read, write, and participate online is a foundational skill next to reading, writing, and arithmetic.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Digital literacy

Helping the Public Navigate a Challenging Media Landscape

• Wikipedia

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Crowdsourcing

Name It. Change It releases research projects and studies demonstrating gender-based challenges women face from the media when they run for office.

• women

• Media
• Voting and elections
• Fight disinformation

Research project into how young people use tech and media

• Media
• Fight disinformation

A guide written by targets of cyber-attacks that is designed for women, people of color, trans and genderqueer people, and everyone else whose existing oppressions are made worse by digital violence.

• women
• racial equity
• LGBTQI

• Socialize online

SiBerkreasi is a national movement to overcome the biggest potential threats that are being faced by Indonesia, namely the spread of negative content through the internet such as hoaxes, cyberbullying and online radicalism.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Digital literacy

When misinformation obscures the truth and readers don’t know what to trust, Snopes.com’s fact checking and original, investigative reporting lights the way to evidence-based and contextualized analysis.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

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

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

rbutr tells you when the webpage you are viewing has been disputed, rebutted or contradicted elsewhere on the internet. Last used 2013.

• extensions

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Crowdsourcing

Real411 was created to give all citizens the power to report digital disinformation during the run up to the 2019 South African National and Provincial Elections.

• Media
• Voting and elections
• Fight disinformation

The Trust Project develops transparency standards that help people assess the quality and credibility of journalism.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Data schemas and standards