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https://civicactiontoolbox.orgActive

Civic Action Toolbox

A free tool that puts who decides, when, and how to reach them inside your story โ€” and counts every action readers take.

Civic features, Communicating with the government, Engagement journalism, Local news, News to action
https://www.anthropic.com/news/election-safeguards-updateActive

Claude's elections data integration

In the US and Brazil, Claude sends users asking about elections to trusted civic sources

Brooklyn, NY
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Civic features, Fight disinformation, Voting and elections
https://opensource.foursquare.com/os-placesActive

Foursquare OS Places

Open source, high-quality POI data to drive innovation across the entire geospatial community.

New York City
Civic data, Civic features, Location, Mapping, Mapping tools, Open civic data
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/built-in-vpnActive

Firefox built-in VPN

A future version of the browser will include 50GB a month of free, trustworthy VPN services (covering browser traffic only, not device)

Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA
2026
Civic features, Digital security and privacy, VPN
https://medium.com/jigsaw/announcing-experimental-bridging-attributes-in-perspective-api-578a9d59ac37Active

Experimental Bridging Attributes in Perspective API

Jigsaw

New York City
2026
Civic features, Polarization
https://bsky.app/profile/aendra.com/post/3lgh27w2ngc2bActive

News Feed

A Bluesky feed of verified news publications

Civic features, Journalism, Media, Social media
https://faq.whatsapp.com/846698564598022/Active

Strict account settings on WhatsApp

Strict account settings is an advanced security feature that turns on privacy and security controls to help protect accounts from sophisticated cyber attacks.

Menlo Park, California, United States
Civic features, Cybersecurity
https://about.fb.com/news/2026/01/whatsapp-strict-account-settings-safeguarding-against-cyber-attacks/Active

WhatsApp Strict Account Settings

A lockdown-style feature that further protects your account from highly sophisticated cyber attacks.

Menlo Park, California, United States
2026
Civic features, Cybersecurity
https://www.apple.com/government/docs/resources/Emergency_SOS_Live_Video.pdfActive

iOS Emergency SOS Live Video

Emergency SOS Live Video allows users to share context through streaming video and recorded media.

Civic features, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Emergency services