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WhatsApp Research Awards for Social Science and Misinformation

For this first phase of our program, WhatsApp is commissioning a competitive set of awards to researchers interested in exploring issues that are related to misinformation on WhatsApp.

Menlo Park, California, United States
2019
Fight disinformation, Funders & donors, Get funding, Media, The People, The Tech
WhatsApp, research
https://monitoring.labs.rs/Active

SHARE MONITORING

Monitoring digital rights violations and online violations in Serbia.

Serbia
Archives, Civic data, Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech
https://magicnotes.ai/Active

Magic Notes

Transform social workers' productivity with AI

UK
Bureaucracy tech, Case management, Govtech
commercial
https://www.hylo.com/Active

Hylo

A web and mobile app that helps people do more together.

Bay Area, CA, USA
2013
Advocacy tech, Campaign tools, Decentralization, Social networks, The Tech
https://thesentinelproject.org/project/kenya-election-2022/Active

Sentinel Project early warning system for Kenya Election 2022

Leading up to and following the Kenyan election on August 9 2022, the Sentinel Project is expanding its previous work in the area, from Una Hakika to 15 of Kenya's highest risk counties.

Kenya
Fight disinformation, Media, Media and social media analysis, Voting and elections
https://www.datakind.org/blog/predicting-well-groundwater-quality-using-cloud-based-machine-learning-datakind-san-francisco-partneActive

Predicting Well Groundwater Quality Using Cloud-Based Machine Learning: DataKind San Francisco Partners with Aquaya and DataKind

A writeup of the partnership

New York City
Data science for social good, Emerging tech, Satellites
Clean water and sanitation
https://eurocities.eu/latest/eurocities-awards-for-sustainability-community-and-youth/Active

EuroCities Awards

three permanent categories โ€“ cooperation, innovation and participation

Europe
Awards and prizes, Fieldwide resources, The People
youth
https://democracyinnovators.com/guillaume-saunier-lucien-langton-about-how-voca-helps-to-distribute-the-participatory-tool-decidim/Active

WhatsApp on Decidim

A Decidim WhatsApp chatbot feature that allows people without an email address and/or low connectivity to participate in Decidim instances

Geneva, Switzerland
Bots, Chat and messaging, Digital participation platforms, Engagement tech, Participatory democracy
WhatsApp, Decidim
https://opengov.com/products/reporting-and-transparency/open-town-hall/Active

Open Town Hall

OpenGov's tool to supplement public hearings with surveys, forums, and online meetings.

Redwood City, CA
Digital participation platforms, Govtech