Civic Tech Field Guide
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Embedding social good and civic engagement features into otherwise mainstream technology platforms. For example, helping users register to vote ahead of elections.
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Democracy Works is partnering with OpenAI to provide accurate, reliable US election information for their products this fall.
Claude's elections data integration
BrooklynIn the US and Brazil, Claude sends users asking about elections to trusted civic sources
Foursquare OS Places
New York City (NYC / New York, NY)Open source, high-quality POI data to drive innovation across the entire geospatial community.
Firefox built-in VPN
Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CAA future version of the browser will include 50GB a month of free, trustworthy VPN services (covering browser traffic only, not device)
WhatsApp Strict Account Settings
Menlo ParkA lockdown-style feature that further protects your account from highly sophisticated cyber attacks.
Strict account settings on WhatsApp
Menlo ParkStrict account settings is an advanced security feature that turns on privacy and security controls to help protect accounts from sophisticated cyber attacks.
Emergency SOS Live Video allows users to share context through streaming video and recorded media.
Civilization V video game mod: Superintelligent AI
Cambridge, UKResearchers from the University of Cambridge's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) have released a mod for Civilization V that introduces superintelligent AI into the popular video game.
Through our Global Fact-Checking Program, we work with more than 20 IFCN-accredited fact-checking organizations who assess the accuracy of content on TikTok in over 60 languages and 130 markets across the world.
Snapchat Home Safe
Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA"The new location alert feature can spare Snapchat users from sending message updates." - The Verge
Be My Eyes on Ray-Ban Meta Glasses
Åbogade 15, 8200 Aarhus, DenmarkHands free access to Be My Eyes through Meta AI Glasses.
Focus on Features
ColoradoMinimize digital harms through design, a guide for product managers and lawmakers.
Kickstarter Tariff Manager
BrooklynCreators can now use the Tariff Manager—our new in-house tool designed to help you offset unexpected U.S. import costs directly within Kickstarter’s Pledge Manager.
Meta parental notifications and Adult Classifier
Facebook, Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CAMeta uses AI to find teens pretending to be adults and place them in more restricted Teen Accounts. Plus proactive notifications to their parents' accounts.
AMBER Alerts on TikTok
China (Zhong Guo) 🇨🇳This brings critical, time-sensitive information directly to people's For You feeds to raise awareness of missing children and leverage the power of the US TikTok community to help reunite them with their families.
Open and accessible tools that put safety back in the hands of the people
Google Play "Verified" badge for VPN apps
Mountain View, CAThis new badge is designed to highlight apps that prioritize user privacy and safety, help users make more informed choices about the VPN apps they use, and build confidence in the apps they ultimately download.
Google Daily Listen
Mountain View, CA"Google can turn your Discover feed into an AI-generated podcast" - The Verge
Government-backed attack alerts (Google Workspace)
Mountain View, CAAs an administrator for your organization, you’ll receive an alert if a user is detected as a possible victim of a government-backed attack.
Google's Election Day Google Doodle (US)
Democracy Works, Jay Street, Brooklyn, NYA civic feature that helps Americans find out to vote right from within Google Search, in partnership with VIP and Democracy Works
Official Reddit account to help you Up The Vote. Learn how to get registered, understand voting options and deadlines, and make your voice count.
Weibo Community Notes feature (社区“附注”功能上)
China (Zhong Guo) 🇨🇳Like X and YouTube, China's Weibo platform instituted community notes annotations to fight disinformation on the platform.
Today we’re launching a new feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their articles are being shared.
We created Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration.
Google MethaneSAT partnership
United States of America 🇺🇸Just like how we use AI to detect sidewalks, street signs and road names in satellite imagery to display helpful information in Google Maps, we’ll also use AI to identify oil and gas infrastructure, like oil storage containers, in our imagery. Then, we’ll combine it with EDF’s information about oil and gas infrastructure to locate where the emissions are coming from.
Name Reclaim
Canada 🇨🇦ReclaimYourName.dic is the first custom dictionary to normalize thousands of Asian names in the world’s most popular word processing software, where non-English identities are arbitrarily targeted as errors.
Pinterest Climate Disinformation Policy
San FranciscoOur new policy makes Pinterest the only major digital platform to have clearly defined guidelines against false or misleading climate change information, including conspiracy theories, across content and ads.
"Customers can now search for accommodations that include an EV charger in their stay. Airbnb made the search addition after years of EV drivers requesting the option."
WhatsApp Proxy feature
Menlo ParkWhat this means is we’re putting the power into people’s hands to maintain access to WhatsApp if their connection is blocked or disrupted.
Civic engagement features promoting voting while dating in the 2022 cycle
Flexport.org uses logistics as a positive force for social and environmental impact - enabling organizations to deliver global aid and meet their sustainability goals with greater ease and lower costs.
Prosocial Design Network
New York City (NYC / New York, NY)A library of design interventions to encourage prosocial behaviors online
This powerful tool allows viewers to donate directly on YouTube through the live chat donations or the Donate button, and it’s now available to all YouTube Partner Program channels with more than 10,000 subscribers in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.
Snap Lenses teach users American Sign Language
Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CASnap has new Lenses that show users how to fingerspell in American Sign Language
From october 26 to 30, rock the vote invites you to learn about the united states’ electoral process and, more importantly, vote on the most important issues that are being debated across the country right now.
Fact Checks for Internet Archive Wayback Machine Pages
San FranciscoThe Internet Archive has started to surface some of these annotations for Wayback Machine users.
Airbnb.org
888 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CaliforniaAirbnb encourages hosts to donate their shelter in times of need, and is now spinning the program out as a formal non-profit.
X Community Notes
San FranciscoX's community-based approach to misinformation
Google's climate features
Mountain View, CAAcross Maps, Search, Nest, Flights, and Shopping
Google team focused on election information and civic features within Google products
The news has always played an essential role in our lives, keeping us informed about the world and the issues we care about.
Waze Connected Citizens
Waze, Yigal Alon Street, Tel Aviv-Yafo, IsraelOver a thousand cities and other public sector partners are already working with Waze to gain better data and insights; reduce driving alone with Waze Carpool; and to make their communities safer with Waze's Beacons and Crisis programs.
Facebook Ad Archive
Palo AltoThe Ad Library provides advertising transparency by offering a comprehensive, searchable collection of all ads currently running from across Facebook Products.
Register to vote on Snapchat
Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CARegister to vote on Snapchat
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