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Brandwatch Consumer Research

Brandwatch Consumer Research

48 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10010

Get consumer fit by accessing data from 100 million sources and over 1.3 trillion individual posts.

Coworker.org

Coworker.org

Coworker.org is a platform for worker voice. Find out why employees of some of the world's largest companies are using Coworker.org to win change.

Digital Stewards Detroit

Digital Stewards Detroit

4126 3rd Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48201

This training prepares teams of community organizers, people with construction skills, and techies to design and deploy communications infrastructure with a commitment to the Detroit Digital Justice Principles.

Covid-19 Ministerio de Salud Argentina

Covid-19 Ministerio de Salud Argentina

Argentina 🇦🇷

Coronavirus Covid-19 es la app oficial del Ministerio de Salud de la Nación y tiene como objetivo que los argentinos y las argentinas puedan realizarse una rápida autoevaluación para saber si sus síntomas son compatibles con el COVID-19.

Politifact

Politifact

Duke University, Durham, NC

PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.

China Green Horizon

China Green Horizon

China (Zhong Guo) 🇨🇳

China Green Horizon is a project between Beijing’s municipal government and IBM Research to improve the accuracy of air quality assessments.

Calgary's noise-sensing network

Calgary's noise-sensing network

Calgary, AB, Canada

Calgary’s LoRaWAN — a long-range, low power digital wireless network — sensors will be used to categorize noises like gun shots, trains, construction and road noise through the work of a government partnership.

Baobab Law

Baobab Law

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦

Baobab.law attempts to remove barriers to legal assistance by providing DIY legal solutions in the form of videotutorials. Videos are recorded with professional lawyers, and are available in multiple languages.

Psiphon

Psiphon

Canada 🇨🇦

Psiphon is a free and open-source internet censorship circumvention tool that uses a combination of secure communication and obfuscation technologies, providing open access to the internet for millions of citizens around the world.

GovQA Public Records Management

GovQA Public Records Management

900 South Frontage Road, Woodridge, IL 60517

Creating a system that makes it easy to store, manage, and search for public records.

Human Rights Heroes & Villains

Human Rights Heroes & Villains

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)

Every year, Access Now celebrates the heroes of human rights in the digital age, and we’re looking for nominations!

Astraea Foundation CommsLabs

Astraea Foundation CommsLabs

Astraea’s CommsLabs is a radical global movement-building initiative that equips LGBTQI activists with the tools, skills and knowledge they need to securely organize and advocate in online spaces.

The Civic Data Design Lab

The Civic Data Design Lab

MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

“Big data” will not change the world unless it is collected and synthesized into tools that have a public benefit.

ResistX protest SMS alerts

ResistX protest SMS alerts

Sign up to have your daily NYC protest update texted and emailed to you.

IHELPYOU.app

IHELPYOU.app

Poland (Polska) 🇵🇱

Inspired by the help that people give each other during hard times, we created an application that will allow anyone in need to find help in their daily duties.

BetaNYC Slam

BetaNYC Slam

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)

SLA Mapper (SLAM) is a tool that aggregates data that community boards often have to gather in order to review liquor license applications and sidewalk cafe applications. Displaying this information in a unified view saves community boards considerable time and resources.

PoliEngine

PoliEngine

621 Northwest 12th Avenue, Gainesville, FL

Website builder for political candidates and campaigns

Connected Development (CODE)

Connected Development (CODE)

Abuja

We are building the largest social accountability movement, empowering marginalized communities in Africa.

Tella

Tella

Washington, DC

Tella is a secure documentation app for Android, making it easier and safer to produce verifiable evidence and collect data in challenging environments

The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto

The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto

Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.

Mulika

Mulika

Kenya 🇰🇪

Mulika allows users to annoymously report corruption by government officials and other crimes through SMS. Userscan report a case by sending a text message, which is forwarded to relevant officials.

Facebook ‘Today In' feature

Facebook ‘Today In' feature

Palo Alto

A dedicated section on Facebook that connects people to news and information about their community, called Today In.

Institute of Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro

Institute of Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

studies the impact and future of technology in Brazil and in the world

Tenders Guru

Tenders Guru

Tenders Guru is a website that allows to monitor public procurement processes in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain.

Catalogue of all projects working to solve Misinformation and Disinformation

Catalogue of all projects working to solve Misinformation and Disinformation

This article is my attempt to create and maintain a comprehensive list of projects attempting to address the misinformation and disinformation problem in a scalable, systemic fashion. Efforts which…

Open Toledo

Open Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

Open Toledo focuses on civic technology and government technology, technologies that enhance civic engagement and help government run efficiently.

Centro Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sobre Internet CLISI

Centro Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sobre Internet CLISI

Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela

Centro de Investigaciones y actividades academicas en torno a entornos digitales

Brookings Democracy Dashboard

Brookings Democracy Dashboard

Brookings Institution, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC

The Brookings Democracy Dashboard is a collection of data designed to help users evaluate political system and governmental performance in the United States.

Prototype Fund Projects Catalog

Prototype Fund Projects Catalog

Singerstraße 109, 10179 Berlin, Germany

A collection of the many projects the Prototype Fund has supported, including many civic tech and open data projects.

Streetcaster

Streetcaster

285 Washington St, Somerville, Massachusetts

Supernormal explored an algorithm that integrates social equity as a key variable in prioritizing infrastructural replacements and repairs.

Democracy Engine

Democracy Engine

Washington, DC

Democracy Engine offers a suite of fundraising tools to empower donors to support the organizations and issues they care about at any level, in any party, in any state.

DebateWise

DebateWise

DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.

Open Data Voralberg

Open Data Voralberg

Austria (Österreich) 🇦🇹

Das Land Vorarlberg stellt auf data.gv.at allen Interessierten Regierungs- und Verwaltungsdaten zur Verfügung.

Open Maine

Open Maine

Portland, ME

OpenMaine (formerly Code for Maine) is a local Brigade in the Code for America network.

Fannie Mae Foundation

Fannie Mae Foundation

Fannie Mae serves the people who house America. We are a leading source of financing for mortgage lenders and our financing makes sustainable homeownership and workforce rental housing a reality for millions of Americans.

Aspiration Tech

Aspiration Tech

PO Box 880264, San Francisco, CA 94188-0264

Aspiration is a values-driven nonprofit technology organization

WhatDoTheyKnow

WhatDoTheyKnow

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

Get answers from the government and public sector

Digital Refugee Projects (Betterplace Lab)

Digital Refugee Projects (Betterplace Lab)

betterplace Solutions GmbH, Schlesische Straße, Berlin, Germany

118 projects to help refugees, curated by betterplace lab

Sea Level Rise Toolbox

Sea Level Rise Toolbox

Miami

Interactive mapping tool for visualizing the effects of rising see levels

Women Who Drone

Women Who Drone

Women Who Drone, West Street, Brooklyn, NY

A community of female drone pilots, enthusiasts, content creators and innovators. Fly, learn and contribute with us!

Strong Towns

Strong Towns

Strong Towns is a non-profit organization working to support a model of development that allows America's cities, towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient.

Data Standards Directory

Data Standards Directory

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

An open source directory of data standards across categories like Annual Budget, Building Permits, Crime Statistics, Election Results, Expenditure, Public Facilities, Real-Time Transit, Road Construction, Service Requests, and Zoning.

Meu Rio

Meu Rio

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷

Somos o Meu Rio, uma rede de ação por um Rio de Janeiro mais democrático, inclusivo e sustentável.Junte-se às mais de 300 mil pessoas que recebem nossos alertas e participam das decisões políticasque definem o futuro da cidade.

Gauteng Department Education Online School Registration

Gauteng Department Education Online School Registration

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦

The online registration system is a provincial government web platform where parents can apply for learners' school placement for the following year

Integrity Action

Integrity Action

The Leather Market, London

Citizens Monitor. Everyone wins. We empower citizens to demand integrity from the institutions they rely on.

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