Active battles
From solutions to fight injustice and oppression to initiatives that analyze ethical implications and regulatory challenges of the use of technology. There is a huge range of issues that need to be addressed in areas like democracy, social justice, civil liberties, and human rights. This section provides useful information for users and community members concerned about some of these problems. It lists platforms that inform how citizens can intervene in the development and implementation of auditing systems and tools to examine whether techniques like data analytics and blockchain can be used to social change. This category also explores how organizations, networks, and communities are promoting civic engagement, education, innovation, digital inclusivity, and government transparency.
3de3.mx
- www.3de3.mx
- Active battles, Advocacy tech, Civic data, Crowdsourced data collection, Government transparency, The People, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
Initiative that seeks to rebuild citizen confidence in the political class through the publication of its three declarations voluntarily as a sign of its commitment to transparency and accountability.
Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
An index of nearly 200 technology ethics courses
I started a Google spreadsheet to track links to tech ethics syllabi
Baratunde’s Tech Manifesto
The stories turn up daily: Social media is being used to undermine democracy. Someone has run off with millions of Social Security numbers stored by a major financial institution. Internet service…
Blockchange
- blockchan.ge
- Blockchain, Civic tech catalogs, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Government transparency, Tech for public challenges
An initiative to examine whether and how blockchain technologies can be used for social change.
2 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Civic tech tools that did not meet expectations: Lessons learned from the field
Civic tech tools are often not used to the extent that their creators hoped for.
Color of Change
We design campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, and champion solutions that move us all forward. Until justice is real.
Crowdlaw Manifesto
A statement of 12 principles for online, participatory lawmaking.
The GovLab, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Datos Abiertos Colombia
- www.datos.gov.co
- Active battles, Civic data, Government transparency, Open data publishing platforms, The People, The Tech
Is the biggest public repository of Open Data in Colombia, created by the IT Ministry with the goal of fostering collaboration and the development of new applications and visualizations.
Colombia
DOSVIT
IT platform for cities and amalgamated communities
1991 Civic Tech Center, вулиця Мечникова, Київ, Україна
Draw the Lines PA
- drawthelinespa.org
- Active battles in civic tech, Citizen Engagement, Civic literacy, Computer-assisted gerrymandering, Data visualization, Foundational layers, Mapping, Mapping platforms
It's our House, so it should be our mouse.
Pennsylvania, USA
Ghanoonban
- ghanoonban.ir
- Advocacy tech, Crowdlaw, Government transparency, Participatory democracy, Watchdogging and transparency
Using modern technologies will facilitate the possibility of public participation, and will provide a platform for people’s active presence in governance, which will lead into the improvement of governance quality
Tehran Province, Tehran, District 6, Jalal Al Ahmad St, Iran
Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2018
- www.congress.gov
- Active battles, Civic data, Civic tech legislation, Data schemas and standards, The People, The Tech
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget, jointly with the executive department that issues the most federal grant awards, to: (1) establish government-wide data standards for information reported by grant recipients, (2) issue guidance directing federal agencies to apply those standards, and (3) require the publication of recipient-reported data collected from all agencies on a single public website.
Estonia
Legge regionale sulla partecipazione
- partecipazione.regione.emilia-romagna.it
- Active battles, Civic tech legislation, Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, The People, The Tech
Emilia Romagna's Regional law on participation
Bologna, Italy
PeaceTech Living Learning Community
- uwaterloo.ca
- Ethical tech, In-person meetings, Meet the others, Research and policy centers, Tech ethics
Exploring the intersection of peace-building and technology—critically reflecting on the social impact of technology and fostering the creation of “tech for good.”
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