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https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sectorActive

Google Public Sector

Google Cloud's public sector division

Mountain View, CA, USA
2022
Civic teams at tech companies, Govtech, Govtech vendors
Google
https://journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/aboutActive

Pinpoint

Explore and analyze large collections of documents. By Google Journalist Studio.

Mountain View, CA, USA
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Media, Research tools
Google
https://github.com/CodeForAfrica/harassment-managerActiveOpen-source

Harassment Manager

Harassment Manager is a web application that aims to empower users to document and take action on abuse targeted at them on online platforms.

Africa, Asia
Solidarity networks
2023 Webby Awards, hate speech, Google, anti-harassment
https://alphabetworkersunion.org/Active

Alphabet Workers Union

Our union strives to protect Alphabet workers, our global society, and our world. We promote solidarity, democracy, and social and economic justice.

Fieldwide resources, Tech unions, The People
labor, Google
https://findfoodsupport.withgoogle.com/Active

Google Find Food Support

"Google is working with non-profit groups like No Kid Hungry and FoodFinder, as well as the US Department of Agriculture, to aggregate 90,000 locations with free food support across all 50 states — with more locations to come." - Andrew J. Hawkins

Access social benefits, Civic maps
Zero hunger, Google
https://algotransparency.org/Active

Algo Transparency

An algorithm that attempts to analyze which information the YouTube algorithm is showing to people.

Advocacy tech, Algorithmic transparency, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Consumer watchdogging, Emerging tech, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
YouTube, Google
https://civicfeatures.tumblr.com/post/664309386991255553/httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv-mbhushgzf5u-googleActive

Google's climate features

Across Maps, Search, Nest, Flights, and Shopping

Mountain View, CA, USA
Civic features
Climate action, Google
https://trends.google.com/trends/story/US_cu_4Rjdh3ABAABMHM_enActive

Google Trends Coronavirus dashboard

A dedicated dashboard to understand coronavirus searches

Mountain View, CA, USA
COVID, COVID Data Projects, Dashboards, Data visualization
Google
https://google.org/crisismap/weather_and_eventsActive

Google Crisis Map

A collection of national and regional-scale layers related to weather, hazards, and emergency preparedness and response, mostly for the US.

Mountain View, CA, USA
2017
Civic data, Data visualization, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Mapping, Mapping platforms, The Tech
crisis, Google, humanitarian