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Explore 770 projects in the Media category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

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Make It Fair campaign

The UK news industry is calling on the government to ensure creatives are rewarded properly so as to ensure a sustainable future for AI and the creative industries.

London
Stop AI theft

NICAR-L

A forum for the discussion of subjects related to data journalism. It also acts as a posting board for new developments at NICAR, including seminar announcements and database information.

Missouri School of Journalism, Walter Williams Road, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
1994

Hearken Switchboard

Hearken’s Community Management System, Switchboard, connects members of your community with one another so they can ask for help and offer opportunities in a safe, trusted environment.

Chicago, IL

City Bureau

City Bureau is a nonprofit civic journalism lab based on the South Side of Chicago. We bring journalists and communities together in a collaborative spirit to produce media that is impactful, equitable and responsive to the public.

Chicago, IL
2015

Code of Conduct: Measures to Address Disinformation Intended to Cause Harm During the Election Period

South Africa’s “Code of Conduct: Measures to Address Disinformation Intended to Cause Harm During the Election Period” (in draft form as of July 2020) is aimed at “every registered party and every candidate” with additional obligations under the code for how those parties and candidates must take appropriate recourse against any member, representative or supporter of that party or candidate who behaves in violation of the code.

South Africa

Global Disinformation Index

We have designed a neutral, independent and transparent index to assess news websites on their risk of carrying disinformation.

2018

Ethiopia Check

Ethiopia Check debunks claims and exposes fake news using its platforms on Facebook (52,000 followers), Twitter (7,000 followers) and Telegram (34,000 followers).

Ethiopia

Instituto Prensa y Sociedad Venezuela

Somos una organización no gubernamental que trabajaba en la promoción, defensa y formación en libertad de expresión, periodismo de investigación y derecho a la información, con la aspiración de contribuir al logro de una ciudadanía más consciente ante la necesidad de defender y ejercer estos derechos.

Venezuela
free speech

Cazadores de Fake News

Somos una comunidad crowdsourcing que monitorea la desinformación difundidas en cadenas de WhatsApp y redes sociales entre venezolanos. Nuestro centro de operaciones es un grupo de Telegram abierto en el que analizamos colectivamente la información que recibimos.

Venezuela
Telegram, WhatsApp