A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity

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• The People
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• Ethical tech and responsible tech

The Center for Humane Technology is a world-class team of former tech insiders and CEOs who are advancing thoughtful solutions to change the culture, business incentives, design techniques, and organizational structures driving how technology hijacks our brains.

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Digital Impact (formerly Markets for Good) is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab to improve the data infrastructure for social good and help civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.

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• Get funding

The aim of this document is to provide a running record of ‘data harms’, harms that have been caused by uses of big data. The goal is to document and learn from where things have gone wrong.

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• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy

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• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Supporting platform co-ops.

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Philadelphia should think twice about its risk-assessment algorithm.

• criminal justice

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech

All The Data, For We The People

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• Civic hacking meetups

Creative technology companies, fully owned and controlled by the people who do the work.

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The Fairwork Foundation is a project that is working to set and measure standards in the platform economy.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Our goal is to exponentially accelerate our ability to address global challenges that threaten our existence.

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• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Ethics In Technology works towards increased awareness around the ethical use of technology and seeks to make a positive impact through engaging the public at all levels of our society in conversation about these issues.

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• Drones

A map of ethical and rights-based approaches

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
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Exploring the intersection of peace-building and technology—critically reflecting on the social impact of technology and fostering the creation of “tech for good.”

• peace
• universities

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• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Research and policy centers

To support the Yale Information Society Project’s work on how law should regulate and social media companies should govern the digital public sphere

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A resource that provides guidance for designing ethically humane digital products through patterns focused on user well-being.

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• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

Advancing an inclusive digital society

• The People
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital Public Infrastructure

We are a new publication illuminating how powerful institutions are using technology in ways that impact people and society.

• The Tech
• Media
• The People

This project explores the meaning of social justice in an age of datafication

• criminal justice

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
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A collaborative platform for open metadata built on intersectional and inclusive practices of ethical data governance.

• framework

• Civic data
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Decentralization

The Data Ethics Canvas is designed to help identify potential ethical issues associated with a data project or activity. It promotes understanding and debate around the foundation, intention and potential impact of any piece of work, and helps identify the steps needed to act ethically.

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• Civic data
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Eticas teams up with organizations to identify black box algorithmic vulnerabilities and retrains AI-powered technology with better source data and content.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Civic and social impact companies
• AI Auditing

Racial literacy is a new method for addressing the racially disparate impacts of technology.

• racial equity

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• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Foundational layers

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is a growing global coalition of 250+ international, regional, and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in 65 countries that is working to preemptively ban fully autonomous weapons.

• arms tracking
• cyberwar
• human rights

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Specific campaigns
• Partner networks and coalitions

It reflects the discussions and proposals of dozens of people and collectives involved in the Digital Democracy and Data Commons participatory process.

• manifestos

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