Open Data

Tools

  • Keywords:
  • Countering Disinformation
  • Media Literacy
  • Digital Security
  • Disinformation
  • Fact-checking
  • Resilience
  • Open Data
  • Digital Activism
  • False narratives
  • OSINT (open-source intelligence)
  • Organizational resilience
  • Languages:
  • English
  • English
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  • Keywords:
  • Media Literacy
  • Digital well-being
  • Resilience
  • Open Data
  • Communication
  • Languages:
  • English
WITNESS is a human rights non-profit organisation based in Brooklyn, New York. Its mission is to partner with on-the-ground organisations to support the documentation of human rights violations and their consequences to further public engagement, policy change and justice.
  • Keywords:
  • Countering Disinformation
  • Disinformation
  • Open Data
  • Languages:
  • English
Snopes, formerly known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a fact-checking website. It has been described as a "well-regarded reference for sorting out myths and rumours" on the Internet.

Posts

Why Is Open Data Important?

The new video from the Metamorphosis Foundation reminds you why we should focus more on Open Data.

Metamorphosis Foundation | Oct 28, 2024

What Do Platform Standards Protect Us From?

In recent years, platform regulation projects have forced companies to actively fight against what they call "harmful content". This is the case of the Digital Services Act, an ambitious project that has been implemented in the European Union and has served as inspiration for similar projects, such as the UK's Online Safety Bill or the so-called "fake news project" in Brazil.

Linterna Verde | 5 min read | May 10, 2024

NIOK | 10 min read | Oct 18, 2023

Partner Spotlight Series: GURT Resource Center

The GURT Resource Center is an innovative accelerator of democratic transformations. Since 1995, GURT is committed to capitalizing on the potential of changemakers for the benefit of Ukraine. GURT’s head office is located in Kyiv, but their team works remotely throughout Ukraine.

Hive Mind | 1 min read | Feb 16, 2023

What is Open Data: the main idea and examples

What links Flood Alert Service from Austria, a Polish mobile app informing about the condition of the air quality and a mobile app that helps you commute in Kyiv?

Hive Mind | 2 min read | Dec 22, 2022

Three simple steps to use Open Data effectively

Would you like to strengthen the impact of your organization? Or to share some important information that you’ve collected from your activity?

Are you interested in monitoring your government’s or your local authorities’ way of providing social services or how they’ve been spending the public money?

Hive Mind | 4 min read | Dec 22, 2022