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Consumer watchdogging efforts use tech to bring transparency and accountability to private sector actors.

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OpenMercantil

OpenMercantil

Granada, Spain

Independent public-data platform for Spanish company search, BORME registry-event timelines, downloads and API access.

Ambulance Cost

Ambulance Cost

United States of America 🇺🇸

Nationwide ambulance fee transparency. USA only

RentCtrl

RentCtrl

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

Take control of your rent increase by starting a challenge - for free.

Breaking Free

In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it.

Deep Dive Data

Deep Dive Data

Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

Our comprehensive database analyzes banking and financial apps to reveal what data they collect and how they use it.

The Taurus

The Taurus is a platform for creating and managing transparency notices for political advertisements as required by EU Regulation 2024/900.

Purge Palantir

Purge Palantir

United States of America 🇺🇸

Join the nationwide campaign to defend our privacy and stop Palantir.

London Rental Price Drops

Paste any Rightmove rental listing URL for instant deal intelligence — market position, negotiation advice, and drop predictions.

Trends (Who Targets Me)

Trends from Who Targets Me makes navigating and understanding digital political advertising data easier. It operates in over 60 countries, covering 150,000+ advertisers from more than 1,000 parties and groups.

EDIA

EDIA

Córdoba, Argentina

EDIA es un proyecto de la Fundación Vía Libre cuyo objetivo es involucrar a más personas en la evaluación de tecnologías de inteligencia artificial como son los modelos de lenguaje (por ejemplo, ChatGPT).

EyeClimate

EyeClimate

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

MethaneMapper is an open-source, AI-powered hyperspectral imaging tool to detect methane emissions and trace them to their sources.

The Authoritarian Stack

This project maps the "Authoritarian Stack"—a network of firms, funds, and political actors turning core state functions into private platforms.

EyesOnOpenAI

EyesOnOpenAI

California

A coalition calling for transparency on OpenAI's efforts to transition from public benefit nonprofit to for-profit

Nonprofit Explorer

Nonprofit Explorer

United States of America 🇺🇸

Browse millions of annual returns filed by tax-exempt organizations with ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer. See details like executive compensation, revenue, expenses and more.

Ojo a las sanciones

Ojo a las sanciones

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Encuentra rápidamente si la empresa que vas a contratar está en alguna base de datos de sanciones.

Contratados.org

Contratados.org

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Contratados.org allows workers to share their experiences and write reviews about their recruiters and employers in order to make the recruitment process transparent and generate a mechanism for accountability for compliance or non-compliance with the obligations of employers and/or recruiters.

The Counter

The Counter

Amsterdam

SOMO’s global helpdesk for environmental and social justice activists challenging corporate power

Big Tech M&A Database

The Big Tech tracker for mergers and acquisitions provides an overview of companies that have been acquired by Big Tech (2019-2025). Search for a merger!

The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)

Since our establishment in 1973, we have been dedicated to reshaping the economic framework by restraining corporate power and championing social equity.

Subsidy Tracker

Subsidy Tracker

Washington, DC

Discover Where Corporations are Getting Taxpayer Assistance Across the United States

Amazon Tracker

Amazon Tracker

Washington, DC

Discover How Much the Public is Subsidizing One of the Largest Retailers

Violation Tracker Global

Violation Tracker Global is the first wide-ranging database on corporate misconduct around the world.

Good Jobs First

Good Jobs First

Washington, DC

Good Jobs First is a national policy resource center that promotes corporate and government accountability in economic development.

Violation Tracker UK

Violation Tracker UK

Washington, DC

A Tool for Researching Corporate Regulatory Infringements in the United Kingdom

What To Fix

What To Fix

France 🇫🇷

We build innovative tools, methodologies, datasets and partnerships to further the diagnosis of systemic risks to internet integrity.

Landlord Mapper

Landlord database & interactive map to promote property ownership transparency in rental markets

Tazama

Tazama

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

Open source transaction monitoring software

The Advocacy People

The Advocacy People

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

The Advocacy People support people in advocating for themselves with the NHS, or who are in care, under section in a hospital, secure unit or in the community, among other self-advocacy groups.

Signal Conso

Signal Conso

France 🇫🇷

Report an issue to a company, find out about your rights with France's Fraud Control.

Global ISDS Tracker (Investor-State Dispute Settlement)

This website tells a story of how a little known legal [corporate tribunal] mechanism is enriching fossil fuel corporations with public money, delaying climate action and threatening our future.

MercuryVote

MercuryVote

Cornell Tech

The platform for buying and selling proxy voting rights

PoliDashboard

An app for tracking political advertisements on Meta-owned advertising platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.

Open Terms Archive

Open Terms Archive

France 🇫🇷

Open Terms Archive publicly records every version of the terms of digital services to enable democratic oversight.

EU Transparency Centre Reports Archive

Tech company signatories of the voluntary EU Code of Practice on Disinformation report relevant data on disinformation on their platforms

FixMyBlock

FixMyBlock aims to cut through the jargon and empower residents. Find out everything your landlords should be doing to keep tower blocks safe — and what to do if they aren’t.

Landlord Tech Watch

Landlord Tech Watch

United States of America 🇺🇸

Campaign website explaining landlord / proptech surveillance and what tenants can do to fight back

Marks Out of Tenancy

Marks Out of Tenancy

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

Join the thousands of renters rating and reviewing their landlord, letting agent and rental properties.

Digital Rating: отчёты о прозрачности компаний в России

Эксперты проекта Digital Rating исследовали политики и практики популярных веб-сервисов Рунета по раскрытию данных взаимодействия с госорганами, а также соблюдения прав граждан на свободу информации и приватность.

Tow Zone Alerts

We help people avoid getting ticketed and towed when they park on the street through simple SMS alerts.

DataIgualdad

DataIgualdad

Latin America

Revisa aquí cómo impacta la evasión de impuestos en las vidas de los habitantes de América Latina

OCCRP Aleph

The global archive of research material for investigative reporting.

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