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No Tech For Apartheid is a worker-led campaign of Google and Amazon workers organizing against the companies' $1B Project Nimbus cloud computing contract with the Israeli government and military.
Everyone Hates Elon
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Pissing off Elon Musk one small action at a time.
#50501
United States of America (the)The first #50501 protests were a decentralized rapid response to the anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration and its plutocratic allies. The idea—50 protests in 50 states on 1 day—was born on r/50501 and spread rapidly on social media.
Support Responsible AI campaign
United States of America (the)Media publishers campaign against AI taking content without compensation
Stop AI giants stealing our work
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Good Law Project is ready to help creatives fight back.
The Impact Project
United States of America (the)The Impact Project provides objective, transparent, and open-source data to help explain how federal policies, funding, and workforce changes affect our communities.
Join the growing No Tech for Apartheid movement and demand that Microsoft live up to its own purported ethical values—by ending its direct and indirect complicity in Israeli apartheid and genocide.
TRILLIONAIRE$ FOR TRUMP
United States of America (the)Parody protest campaign
ProPublica wanted to find more sources in the federal government. So it brought a truck.
Washington, DCNieman Journalism Lab covered ProPublica's brilliant approach to getting government sources: parking one of those billboard trucks with an ad for their secure Signal number outside of government offices in DC as terminated employees left the building.
ControlAI is a non-profit organisation that works to reduce the risks to humanity from artificial intelligence.
Campaign to urge Congress: Protect Public Media Funding
Friends of USAID
United States of America (the)Organizing effort to fight for the life of USAID, including an instagram account with over 50,000 followers
Feds Work for You (@fedsworkforyou) Instagram
United States of America (the)We make America work. Federal workers working for you.
I Was A Fed (@iwasafed) Instagram
United States of America (the)Here we will share the stories of real federal workers and how their termination will affect the American people. 🇺🇸
Identifying Terminated USAID Programs
United States of America (the)This form is to help quickly identify what activities were terminated in the February 25 Armageddon at USAID.
Project Moonshot (@projmoonshot)
United States of America (the)Political edu on resistance. Stand w/ federal workers. Stop the authoritarian takeover. Organizing a positive vision for public good. Get on the bus 🚌
Alt 18F
United States of America (the)We’re dedicated to the American public. And we’re not done yet.
Resources for Civil Servants
Department of People who Work for a Living
Washington, DCWe’ll be ensuring the federal government works for working people and isn’t destroyed by billionaires like Elon Musk. We’ll report on the facts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts and what you can do to fight back.
We the Builders (alt USDS)
United States of America (the)Here, you'll find stories from real government employees: How we save you time and money, how we protect your personal information, and how DOGE's dangerous dismantling of government technology puts you at risk. Share your story: [email protected]
USAID Stop-Work
Cincinnati, OhioTracking. Informing.
The Data Labelers Association
NairobiEmpowering the Human Workforce Behind AI
"An official website of the United States government" but mostly an embedded X feed
Negative Vote and Balanced Ballot
CaliforniaGiving voters the option to vote NO in all elections can improve all democracies
We the Builders
Washington, DCHere, you'll find stories from real government employees: How we save you time and money, how we protect your personal information, and how DOGE's dangerous dismantling of government technology puts you at risk.
Make It Fair campaign
LondonThe UK news industry is calling on the government to ensure creatives are rewarded properly so as to ensure a sustainable future for AI and the creative industries.
No Tech Criminalization in Education (NOTICE)
MinneapolisThe NOTICE Coalition (No Tech Criminalization in Education) is a national network of advocates, researchers and organizers building a movement to end police surveillance in schools and defend youth justice in the digital age.
End Police Surveillance
Chicago, ILShotSpotter creates thousands of unfounded police deployments, fuels unconstitutional stop-and-frisk, and can lead to false arrests.
A distributed campaign against Tesla dealerships to protest Elon Musk's role shutting down various parts of the US government
Small donor campaign to help protect Kyiv from aerial bombing
Digital Trustees
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)We're aiming to get digital on the agenda of every charity board in the UK.
Free Our Feeds
Washington, DCSave Social Media From Billionaire Capture.
Google Censorship
China (Zhong Guo)A platform dedicated to monitoring and exposing censorship in Google Play Stores worldwide. We hope this initiative will be a step towards greater transparency and the promotion of digital freedom.
Democratic Shield
FranceThe Shield initiative united a set of actions for institutions and civil society, aimed at safeguarding the integrity of the elections.
Elecciones, datos personales y tecnologías
Lima, PeruTanto los organismos del sistema electoral como las organizaciones políticas utilizan nuestros datos al momento de realizar un proceso electoral.
¿Quién vigila a los vigilantes?
Lima, PeruEste proyecto nace con la intención de ser una campaña de sensibilización para proteger el derecho a la protesta y denunciar la persecución policial en espacios digitales.
Gazteparte
Basque Country (Euskadi)Gazteparte es el primer espacio digital para escuchar la opinión y las propuestas de los jóvenes y trasladarlas a las instituciones públicas.
This website tells a story of how a little known legal [corporate tribunal] mechanism is enriching fossil fuel corporations with public money, delaying climate action and threatening our future.
A powerful visual testimonial of the costs of Russia's war on Ukrainian children, by UNICEF
Through powerful personal narratives and comprehensive data, Global Press Journal shares the untold stories of 11 courageous, local journalists and activists across the globe.
History-making profits. World-ending emissions.
Bring Independent News to Russians (by adding code to your website to display news that Russian authorities cannot block)
The First Digital Nation
TuvaluAn award-winning campaign promoting the low-lying nation of Tuvalu's transition to a digital nation in the face of rising sea levels
"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.
ChildFund International campaign to remove online child abuse material
There have been over 40 recent bans of the rainbow flag. The Gilbert Baker Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Are Fighting Back.
The WWF Climate Realism Exhibition combines latest local data from climate research with custom-built AI pipelines to send famous landscape paintings from art history into their possible climate futures.
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