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DigitalFems

DigitalFems

Spain (España) 🇪🇸

digitalfems es una organización que defiende la diversidad de género en la industria tech.

Scanning the Horizon

Scanning the Horizon

Global

The report serves as an entry point to this ‘forecasting’ stream of work that organizations working in the digital rights ecosystem often overlook, especially when resources are scarce, and they are focused on current challenges and ongoing projects.

ECHO

ECHO

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱

Record, reflect, report: At lightspeed

Sahana Software Foundation

Sahana Software Foundation

Sahana makes high quality information management systems for emergency preparedness, response, recovery and resilience-building accessible to all.

ControlAI

ControlAI

ControlAI is a non-profit organisation that works to reduce the risks to humanity from artificial intelligence.

Local Minutes

Local Minutes

Vermont

A chatbot AI that has access to millions of pages of municipal documents from small towns throughout Vermont.

Pix

Pix

France 🇫🇷

Pix is an online platform open for everyone to assess, develop, and certify your digital skills

Open Gov Challenge Awards

Open Gov Challenge Awards

Washington, DC

The Open Gov Challenge Awards recognize the best initiatives submitted to the Open Gov Challenge, a global call to action aimed to encourage ambition in ten areas of open government critical to strengthening our democracies.

parlament.fyi

parlament.fyi

Austria (Österreich) 🇦🇹

parlament.fyi ist Österreichs erste KI-basierte Plattform über Politik. Künstliche Intelligenz fasst Beschlüsse und Reden aus dem Nationalrat einfach zusammen und liefert kompakte Analysen zu Sprachmustern und Argumenten der Parteien. Ergebnisse aus der Politik werden damit für alle leichter zugänglich und transparent.

Rayhunter

Rayhunter

A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

EthixMerch

EthixMerch

United States of America 🇺🇸

Custom Merch, USA & Union Made, Eco-Friendly

Crumbling of the global aid sector

Crumbling of the global aid sector

Stichting Global Voices, Kingsfodweg 151, 1043GR Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Global Voices has launched a special series on how the decimation of US aid funding is affecting Global Majority nations and marginalized communities.

codebar.io

codebar.io

codebar is a charity that facilitates the growth of a diverse tech community by running free regular programming workshops for minority groups in tech.

Generative AI Accountability Indicators (GAIA)

Generative AI Accountability Indicators (GAIA)

740 15th Street, N.W., Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005

Soon Ranking Digital Rights will release the Generative AI Accountability Scorecard, evaluating major consumer-facing generative AI services’ respect for the human rights to privacy, non-discrimination, freedom of expression, and freedom of information.

The Developer Society

The Developer Society

Birmingham, UK

We’re a not-for-profit co-op, working with people with a progressive mission who make the world a better place.

U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget Whistleblowers form

U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget Whistleblowers form

Capitol Hill

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct its constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. Ranking Member Merkley is interested in information regarding waste, fraud, and abuse in the public and private sectors.

Data Friendly Space (DFS)

Data Friendly Space (DFS)

Williamsburg, VA

We envision a future where technology and data power positive social change

The Great Battlefield Podcast

The Great Battlefield Podcast

United States of America 🇺🇸

A podcast about the political entrepreneurs and other progressive leaders who are finding new and improved ways to fight.

AI71

AI71

Abu Dhabi

We are building conversational AI assistants that can streamline access to public information, deliver empathetic support around-the-clock, and strengthen bonds between governments and people.

MENA Observatory on Responsible AI

MENA Observatory on Responsible AI

Cairo

The MENA Observatory on Responsible AI is an interdisciplinary platform connecting policy-oriented researchers and innovators, aimed at fostering collaboration and building capacity for responsible data and AI practices.

GANNET

GANNET

Williamsburg, VA

GANNET is a Generative AI Initiative, offering AI-powered tools built to make knowledge and real-time information accessible to our community in a resource-efficient and ethical way.

Types of Voting System

Types of Voting System

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

Different voting systems have a variety of different features, ranging from how proportional they are (whether seats in parliament reflect votes cast), the connection between MPs and their communities and the extent to which voters can choose between different candidates.

ETHIACK

ETHIACK

Coimbra, Portugal

Autonomous Ethical Hacking

Lanka Software Foundation

Lanka Software Foundation

Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

Building great open source software for Sri Lanka (and beyond!)

Wilder Journal

Wilder Journal

Barcelona

Here you will find in-depth articles (deep dives), interviews and other content related to our lines of activity (Future Culture, Democratic Innovation, Citizen Empowerment, Social Economy and cooperativism).

Data Management and Compliance, Inc.

Data Management and Compliance, Inc.

Lexington, MA

We build software solutions for Democratic campaigns and organizations, focused on compliance and data management.

Public Rights Project

Public Rights Project

Oakland, CA

Since 2017, we've recovered over $46 million in relief for marginalized people; built a network of over 1,300 government offices, elected officials, and community-based organizations in 50 states; trained 130 prosecutors and government lawyers in 24 states; and secured court victories on abortion, immigrant, workers’, and voting rights

Metagov Slack

Metagov Slack

United States of America 🇺🇸

Metagov is host to a community of research and practice.

Ridiculously Hopeful Futures

Ridiculously Hopeful Futures

California

Ridiculously Hopeful Future: a bold, slightly wild, and very optimistic project to transform how government social safety net programs are designed.

Make Votes Matter

Make Votes Matter

London

Make Votes Matter is the [UK] national movement for Proportional Representation

The McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University

The McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University

New York University

Research, programs and interventions that address the root causes and consequences of poverty. Learn moreabout What We Do

People vs. Big Tech

People vs. Big Tech

Brussels

People vs Big Tech is a movement fighting to overturn the predatory business model of giant tech corporations and change the internet for good.

AMBER Alerts on TikTok

AMBER Alerts on TikTok

China (Zhong Guo) 🇨🇳

This brings critical, time-sensitive information directly to people's For You feeds to raise awareness of missing children and leverage the power of the US TikTok community to help reunite them with their families.

MITRE ATLAS™

MITRE ATLAS™

United States of America 🇺🇸

ATLAS (Adversarial Threat Landscape for Artificial-Intelligence Systems) is a globally accessible, living knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques against Al-enabled systems based on real-world attack observations and realistic demonstrations from Al red teams and security groups.

Indigenous AI

Indigenous AI

Global

The Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Working Group develops new conceptual and practical approaches to building the next generation of A.I. systems.

Maza Coin

Maza Coin

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

crypto coin for sovereign tribes

Centres Cívics de Barcelona

Centres Cívics de Barcelona

Barcelona

Los 52 centros cívicos de Barcelona son espacios abiertos a todos y cercanos a los ciudadanos.

Global Nonviolent Action Database

Global Nonviolent Action Database

Swarthmore College

Powering Learning about Nonviolent Action. Last updated 2011.

Political Party Database Project

Political Party Database Project

The Political Party Database Project is a cross-national initiative to establish and update an online public database as a source for key information about political party organizations. Last updated 2022.

Our House

Our House

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

Our House is building a popular case for democratic reform through a new People's Charter [in the UK].

PLURALL

PLURALL

Paris

PLURALL is a boutique consultancy firm transforming complex policy challenges into opportunities for sustainable, community-driven digital infrastructures.

Does reducing stigma increase the take-up of rental assistance?

Does reducing stigma increase the take-up of rental assistance?

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Renters that received an informational postcard were 52% more likely to request an application for rental assistance and 24% more likely to submit an application than renters that did not receive a postcard.

Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD)

Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD)

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program provides $42.45 billion to expand high-speed Internet access by funding planning, infrastructure deployment and adoption programs.

CEE. AI Lab

CEE. AI Lab

Central and Eastern Europe

Game-changing program for newsrooms with the tools and knowledge to harness AI for smarter, more efficient journalism.

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