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In the Fight Against Disinformation, Many Tools are Needed

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Lots of tools.
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Lots of tools needed when fighting for information integrity. Credit: Dave Taylor

(Originally posted on DemWorks 6/22/2018)

In technology, you often hear geeks referencing the classic “garbage in, garbage out”…

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Weekly Roundup 04/17/2020

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Tech and Governance
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As countries begin to stabilize their processes around coping with COVID-19, we’re highlighting positive efforts within the digital space to continue and improve programming, despite prevailing challenges. Institutions like the Center for…

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Weekly Roundup 4/3/2020

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Tech and Governance

In our previous blog post, we highlighted responses of organizations and government to the COVID-19 pandemic, with increasing policies and a strong recommendation to adopt social distancing…

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Weekly Roundup 3/20/2020

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Tech and Governance
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The coronavirus pandemic, which has increased calls for social distancing, has resulted in the need for a…

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Weekly Roundup 6/3/2020

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Tech and Governance
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The novel coronavirus outbreak, which has spread to several countries with health workers looking for ways to stem the spread of the virus, has resulted in an "…

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Weekly Roundup 2/14/2020

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Tech and Governance

Recently, Twitter made changes to its privacy policy to protect its users from state actors taking advantage of…

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Meet Ranking Digital Rights: Holding Corporations Accountable

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2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index
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At NDI we believe that technology can have a positive role to improve civic discussion, fuel grassroots advocacy, and amplify citizen's voices, but…

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Hiring! Cybersecurity and Partner Engagement!

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Providing cybersecurity training to at-risk activists
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NDI staff providing cybersecurity training to at-risk activists

Want to use your interest in technology for good? The NDItech team is hiring for two different positions providing direct support to civil society organizations and political partners working to build more just, democratic societies around the…
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Technology Resolutions For The Year 2020

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New Year's Resolutions

The New Year is usually fraught with hope and optimism. It is also a time to come up with new names for new habits, with the hope that by discipline and dedication, growth will occur.

After two-weeks of introspection, by the Technology and…

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Weekly Roundup 1/9/2020

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The arrival of 2020 brings with it the dawn of a new decade, and somewhere, embedded in this excitement, are plenty of speculations about the next big tech trends coming our way.  A few things to be on the lookout for:…

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