Each year, we track developments across the political technology space, providing a window into how our ecosystem is evolving—and what it means for Democratic campaigns and progressive infrastructure. This year’s report focuses on the turbulent 2024 election cycle and the hard lessons it left in its wake.

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

This OECD policy paper explores digital public infrastructure (DPI), defined as shared digital systems that are secure and interoperable and that can support the inclusive delivery of and access to public and private services across society.

• Learn about civic tech
• Digital Public Infrastructure

PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Join Us

• free speech

• Media

A project of the Pro-Democracy Campaign, we aim to highlight commentary, research, and examples of strong organizing, better voter engagement practices, and strategies to make democracy work for all in America.

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Newsletters
• The craft of organizing

Journalist Assistance Network to address growing need for legal, safety, immigration resources

• immigration

• Journalism
• Cybersecurity

• Wikipedia

• Data schemas and standards

Defensive Lab Agency is a French company founded in 2018 by Esther Onfroy with the objective of providing expert services on digital security and software development to civil society organizations.

• Digital security and privacy
• Build something
• Cybersecurity

Ensuring safe and ethical artificial intelligence is a global challenge. We must work together to achieve it.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Creative Tech and Analytics for Good

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Data science for social good
• Machine learning analytics

Participation is by invitation only, based on submission of a statement of interest or proposed talk/poster abstract.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Conferences

Podcast / Youtube series by Bethnal Green Ventures

• Podcasts
• Shows and films

Open-Source Platform for Mobile Device Forensics and Digital Investigations

• Research tools
• General purpose open source tools
• Open-source intelligence (OSINT)

Pedestrian-first traffic management solutions

• streetscape
• Vision Zero

• Govtech
• Urban planning

“Moedict” is an enhanced version of The Mandarin Chinese Dictionary of the Ministry of Education.

• g0v

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Translation and linguistic representation
• Translation tools, platforms, and communities

A 12-year retrospective of problems that have bothered Bangkok residents | สำรวจปัญหากวนใจชาว กทม.

• city

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Civic maps

The Tech Nonprofit Job Board features open roles from organizations around the globe

• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

We want to show "herstory" in East Asia from local perspectives with a timeline and a map in our local languages, so that people from different regions of East Asia can learn more about the stories and rights women and LGBETQ+ have fought for.

• LGBTQI
• history
• Gender Equality

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Civic maps
• Diversity & Inclusion

남양 제품인지 확인해보세요

• Responsible consumption and production

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Crowdsourcing
• Consumer watchdogging

g0v podcast

• podcasts
• g0v

• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts

Thai organization campaigning for democratic principles

• Participatory democracy
• Civic apps outfits
• Citizen Engagement

밋앤핵은 시빅해커들이 함께 모여 사회 문제를 '해킹'하는 모임입니다

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

Verified restaurant map based on the history of congressional donations (국회의원 후원금사용내역을 기반으로 한 검증된 맛집지도)

• corruption

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Civic maps

Crowdsourced project to collect data on sake and sake breweries from across Japan, integrates lost historical data, and utilizes digital technology to establish stronger connections between producers and consumers.

• culture

• Civic maps
• Crowdsourcing
• Economic development

Sáng kiến truyền thông xã hội

• Nonprofit tech
• Civic and social impact companies

Plain language steps for digital security. Because protecting yourself helps keep your whole community safer.

• guides

• Advocacy tech
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

하는 일 없이 모여서 감자튀김 먹는 모임

• Build something
• Civic hacking meetups
• Civic apps outfits

Judge simulator: "From now on, you will be a judge and will be looking into rape cases." 이제부터 당신은 판사가 되어 강간죄 사건을 살펴보게 될 것입니다.

• Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

• Justice tech
• Policy simulators

Learn and compare Thailand's constitutions, presented through an interactive website, to enhance understanding of the constitution that everyone shares. | เรียนรู้และเปรียบเทียบรัฐธรรมนูญของประเทศไทย ที่นำเสนอผ่าน Interactive website เพื่อเสริมสร้างความเข้าใจในรัฐธรรมนูญที่ทุกคนเป็นเจ้าของร่วมกัน

• Data visualization
• Constitutions

Chúng tôi cung cấp đánh giá tổng quan, cụ thể, và hiệu quả, sử dụng social listening tools và là đối tác chiến lược của Viettel Reputa.

• Narrative tech
• Media and social media analysis
• Big listening

The ELECT (elect.in.th) project, a Thai political and election information media, was initiated at the end of 2018 with the desire to present information and news about politics and the election at that time (2019). 

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Voting and elections
• Government transparency

Ever wished you could see a list of every tech nonprofit in the world? Wish no more. (1154 organizations)

• Civic tech catalogs
• Nonprofit tech

124 members

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• Slacks, Discords, Teams

See how well you know Thai democracy

• Engagement tech
• Games and gamification

部集結群眾編纂的開放台語辭典

• Crowdsourcing

The Neighborhood Anarchist Collective (NAC) strives to grow the anarchist movement by taking action directly and by providing a welcoming environment for education and participation.

• Advocacy tech
• Campaign organizations

This training offers firsthand insight into the Flint Water Crisis—translating its failures into actionable, experience-based instruction to help regulators and public water system operators strengthen drinking water safety, public health protections, and infrastructure resilience.

• Clean water and sanitation
• lead replacement

• Internal government tech capacity

Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager.

• mobility
• mass transit

• Media
• Games and gamification

The Big Tech tracker for mergers and acquisitions provides an overview of companies that have been acquired by Big Tech (2019-2025). Search for a merger!

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Since our establishment in 1973, we have been dedicated to reshaping the economic framework by restraining corporate power and championing social equity.

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Campaign organizations

SOMO’s global helpdesk for environmental and social justice activists challenging corporate power

• Advocacy tech
• Consumer watchdogging
• Research tools

Thousands of governments trust Catalis
solutions to automate workflows, accept
payments, and engage citizens.

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

Creative project design for social good champions through appropriate technology that strengthens human systems.

• human rights
• humanitarian
• coaching

• Build something
• User research
• Design

Since 2023, Omidyar Network’s Reporters in Residence program has empowered freelance journalists to pursue rigorous reporting that drives national conversations and informs policy debates.

• Find a job or hire someone
• Journalism
• Fellowships

None Other is a women-owned creative production company based in NYC and working with teams all over the world.

• films

• Build something
• Civic and social impact companies

Fakespot is working on a foundational model for detecting deep fake content on the web

• extensions

• Fight disinformation
• Deepfakes

Our Southeast Asia Policy Observatory (SEA Observatory) provides a comprehensive overview of the state of AI policy and governance in the region.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Policy
• Civil society research outfits

Zuckerman and students explore digital media, polarization, and democracy

• Academia
• Courses

AI Safety Asia (AISA) is a global non-profit dedicated to the international governance of safe AI by Asia, starting in Southeast Asia.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Governance of AI

A 12-week fellowship in AI Safety and Governance for junior researchers and government staff in Southeast Asia

• Artificial Intelligence
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

Identify content made with Google’s AI tools

• Google

• Artificial Intelligence
• Fight disinformation