Discover the world's largest collection of projects using tech for the common good.
Mobile Information Literacy Project
The Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington's Information School explores the role of digital technologies in building more open, inclusive, and equitable societies.
USAID Media Program in Ukraine
The USAID-funded Media Program in Ukraine will empower local media to expand Ukrainian citizens’ access to high-quality news and information.
SSRC Media Well
Disinformation, misinformation, and “fake news” are longstanding phenomena that, in the wake of the digital revolution, have become newly politicized and consequential. SSRC's research on the topic.
MediaWise
The mission of MediaWise is to empower people of all ages to be more critical consumers of content online.
MediaBiasFactCheck
Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC), founded in 2015, is an independent online media outlet.
Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD)
CITAD is a non-governmental and non-profit organization that is committed to the use of information and communication technologies for development and promotion of good governance.
Citizen Helpdesk
The Citizen Helpdesks are a pioneering citizen feedback, dialogue and community voice platform to ensure accountability in the development process.
Checkology
Checkology’s lessons and other resources show you how to navigate today’s challenging information landscape.
Chequea Bolivia
A fundamental pillar of the democratic system is that there is freedom of expression and dissemination, and that citizens are duly informed to make correct decisions in their daily lives.
Masyarakat Anti Fitnah Indonesia
cekfakta.com adalah sebuah sebuah proyek kolaboratif pengecekan fakta yang dibangun di atas API Yudistira oleh MAFINDO ( Masyarakat Anti Fitnah Indonesia ) dan bekerja sama dengan beberapa media online yang tergabung di AJI ( Aliansi Jurnalis Independen ) dan AMSI ( Asosiasi Media Siber Indonesia ) serta didukung oleh Google News Initiative dan Internews serta FirstDraft
Center for Policy Alternatives
The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) was formed in the firm belief that there is an urgent need to strengthen institution and capacity-building for good governance and conflict transformation in Sri Lanka and that non-partisan civil society groups have an important and constructive contribution to make to this process.
Captain Fact
CaptainFact is a collaborative fact-checking tool for YouTube videos.
BlackBird.AI
"Blackbird.AI views the spread of disinformation as one of the world’s largest threats to national security, business, and the public as a whole." - Counteringdisinformation.org
Bolivia Verifica
Bolivia Verifica is a non-profit, non-political digital media that is dedicated to the verification of false news and public discourse to fight against disinformation and improve democratic participation.
2020 Tax Clock (South Africa)
How much of your work day is spent paying taxes?
Budget Simulator for Pilot United Territorial Communities
A set of information technology (IT) tools to enable citizens to analyze state budgets, in theory to develop critical thinking to counter politicians’ populist rhetoric on complex economic issues.
Bot Sentinel
In 2018 we launched Bot Sentinel to help fight disinformation and targeted harassment. We believe Twitter users should be able to engage in healthy online discourse without inauthentic accounts, toxic trolls, foreign countries, and organized groups manipulating the conversation.
Botcheck
This project uses advanced machine learning techniques to detect propaganda accounts on Twitter.
Botometer
Botometer (formerly BotOrNot) checks the activity of a Twitter account and gives it a score based on how likely the account is to be a bot.
BotSlayer
BotSlayer is an application that helps track and detect potential manipulation of information spreading on Twitter.
BOOM
BOOM is an independent digital journalism initiative. We are India’s premier fact checking website, committed to bring to our readers verified facts rather than opinion. When there is a claim, we will fact check it.
Beacon Project
Supports original research into disinformation vulnerability and resilience with public opinion research, analytical pieces, narrative monitoring, and mainstream and social media monitoring, both in house and in collaboration with local partners in Europe.
Aos Fatos
Daily, journalists from Aos Fatos follow statements by politicians and authorities of national expression, from different party colors, in order to verify if they are speaking the truth. For this, we adopted a formula with seven steps to carry out our checks.
Alternative News Networks
This project seeks to understand the health of the UK online information ecosystem, including tracking the spread of divisive and misleading content.
Assessment of Online Risks for the 2021 German Federal Elections
A report analyzing the online environment and potential risks for the 2021 German Federal Elections.
Agência Lupa
The Magnifier is the first news agency in Brazil to specialize in journalistic technique known worldwide as fact-checking and was founded on November 1, 2015.
Aggie
Aggie is an open-source social and online media aggregation tool designed specifically for monitoring events in real time.
Animal Político
Animal Político is a digital native medium that brings together journalists, designers, programmers and video editors to create content with rigor, precision and thought to serve citizens.
Annir Initiative
Annir is a non-partisan digital initiative specialized in raising awareness about Media & Information Literacy and Digital Safety.
Al Sur
"Al Sur" is a consortium of organizations that work in civil society and academia in Latin America and that seek with their joint work to strengthen human rights in the digital environment of the region.
ANCIR Investigative Lab (iLab)
The ANCIR iLab uses forensic data science techniques to expose the networks that disseminate and amplify misinformation, disinformation, and toxic content (such as hate speech or extremism) with a special focus on coordinated inauthentic behaviour and other influence/information operations.
African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA)
The African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA) is a network of media and civil society organizations that work to counter misinformation. The network supports fact-checking missions to debunk dangerous content, including conspiracy theories and misinformation.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) Fact Check
AFP Fact Check is a global digital verification service that tackles damaging misinformation on topics such as COVID-19 and elections.
AFRICMIL
AFRICMIL is non-government organisation that focuses on media, information, research, advocacy and training. It aims to promote media and information literacy as a key component in the enhancement of democracy and good governance and the promotion of accountability and orderly society.
A guide to anti-misinformation legal actions around the world
Poynter's global guide on existing attempts to legislate against what can broadly be referred to as online misinformation
New York Times AR Storytelling Gallery
Showcasing the NYT's 27 Published Experiments in AR Storytelling
The CivTech Alliance
We are a global network of like-minded innovation programmes across GovTech, Civic Tech and Academia. With teams across 17 countries, we help our members deliver better outcomes for their citizens and innovation ecosystems.
Civic Software Foundation
Building the next generation of collaborative systems, owned entirely in the public interest
Join Together
Digital tools for trade unions
Demokratiefabrik
The Demokratiefabrik is a digital place where citizens meet to discuss various topics together and fabricate defined end products.
Widely Viewed Content Dashboard
In the "Widely Viewed Content Report", Facebook provides the 20 individual links and 20 individual posts that were seen by the highest number of people, in the US, for the quarter. In this dashboard, we are tracking objective properties of these 20 posts, links, and the producers behind them, as well as the extent to which it is possible for Facebook users to assess the content from a media literacy perspective.
Draw Congress
By the Stanford Public Interest Redistricting Project. The student plans uploaded here are guided by one or more clearly-identified redistricting principles, and attempt to comply with all applicable state and federal legal requirements.
WashingTech
We fight for a safer and more trustworthy internet by teaching tech law & policy to everyone who wants to shape it.
Open Gov Week
This year, we want to do a bit more. In addition to events, we’re collecting and sharing how the open government movement – even in challenging times – is aligned and how our stories can be a bright spot for the world.
Impact Opportunity
Your destination for high-impact jobs at nonprofits, social enterprises, CSR, B Corps, government, and other mission-focused organizations and positions.