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Crowdsourcing

Explore 173 projects in the Crowdsourcing category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

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Ad Observer

Political campaigns spend a lot of money to reach voters on Facebook. Are they telling the truth? Are they saying different things to different people? Help hold them accountable by installing our browser plugin, which sends us the ads you see on Facebook.

New York University
Facebook, YouTube, extensions

eBird

eBird transforms your bird sightings into science and conservation. Plan trips, find birds, track your lists, explore range maps and bird migrationโ€”all free.

Ithaca, New York
2002

OpenElections

The goal of OpenElections is to create the first free, comprehensive, standardized, linked set of election data for the United States, including federal, statewide and state legislative offices.

2012

Identifying Terminated USAID Programs

This form is to help quickly identify what activities were terminated in the February 25 Armageddon at USAID.

USA
2025
Project 2025

CEUK scorecards marking tool

This is a tool for crowdsourcing data, initially designed for gathering data about local authority climate actions for https://councilclimatescorecards.uk/

UK

Mapa Polskich Drzew

The "Map of Polish Trees" is a nationwide, social project aimed at creating an inventory of trees growing across Poland.

Poland
trees

TikTok Footnotes

Footnotes will draw on the collective knowledge of the TikTok community by allowing people to add relevant information to content on our platform.

2025
TikTok

Proto's WhatsApp Checkpoint Tipline

โ€œThe Checkpoint tipline is primarily used to gather data for research, and is not a helpline that will be able to provide a response to every user.โ€

London
WhatsApp

Meta Community Notes

Meta announced it was introducing a community notes program and ending its third-party fact-checking program in the U.S. The company indicated it would refine community notes before making it available for users outside the U.S.

Facebook, Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA, USA