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

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Fact-Checkers Legal Support Initiative

To meet this need and help ensure fact-checkers can continue doing their important work, this new initiative will provide legal support including connecting fact-checkers with lawyers, establishing a fund to help pay legal fees when pro bono support isnโ€™t available, and publishing guides covering the main legal and non-legal threats that fact-checkers face and how they can be mitigated.

Right Richter

See what's happening in Right Wing media from the safety of your inbox.

Washington, DC
2016
newsletters

Groundviews

Groundviews is a citizens journalism website based in Sri Lanka which uses a range of genres and media to highlight alternative perspectives on governance, human rights, the arts and literature, peace-building and other issues.

Colombo, Sri Lanka
1996
peace, democracy, human rights, "Peace, justice, and strong institutions"

Trusting News Project

Beginning in January 2016, our team interviewed journalists and nonjournalists to get a sense of the elements that create trust and credibility between communicator and receiver. We read related academic research and industry best practices.

2016

Onewheel

Get ready to ride the best motorized skateboard when you buy a Onewheel today! Designed and made in California from the highest quality components.

2013

Iffy Quotient

The Iffy Quotient is a metric for how much content from โ€œIffyโ€ sites has been amplified on Facebook and Twitter.

University of Michigan, South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Voxe

Chatbot to understand public debate

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.

X (Twitter)

CredCon

#CredCon is an ongoing two-day hackathon that considers the impact of technology on news and information sources online and explores themes such as trust, reliability, accuracy and credibility.

405 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78701, USA