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Sorting Truth from Truthiness in the Digital Age
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Digital notaries validating genuine information
“Who you gonna believe” – as the comics say – “me, or your lyin’ eyes?” When it comes to politics, cognitive bias has always given citizens a strong push to believe “their side,” whatever the evidence to the contrary suggests.
As…
Read MoreIn the Fight Against Disinformation, Many Tools are Needed
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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”…
Read MoreWeekly Roundup 04/17/2020
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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…
Read MoreWeekly Roundup 4/3/2020
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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…
Read MoreWeekly Roundup 3/20/2020
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The coronavirus pandemic, which has increased calls for social distancing, has resulted in the need for a…
Read MoreWeekly Roundup 6/3/2020
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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 "…
Read MoreWeekly Roundup 2/14/2020
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Recently, Twitter made changes to its privacy policy to protect its users from state actors taking advantage of…
Read MoreMeet Ranking Digital Rights: Holding Corporations Accountable
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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…
Read MoreHiring! Cybersecurity and Partner Engagement!
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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…
Read MoreTechnology Resolutions For The Year 2020
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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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