Directory of transparency initiatives
Initiatives are programmes of work or collaborations undertaken by one or more actors. They are generally subject-specific and temporary in nature by comparison with actors. Where an initiative involves ongoing disclosure of information (such as a researcher access programme) or produces a single kind of document or output (including policies and legislation) it may be better classified as a ‘product’.
CASM Digital Research Lab (Demos)
A joint venture between UK-based Demos and the University of Sussex, the CASM Digital Research Lab is an initiative that utilizes machine learning to interpret natural language data and derive[...]
Subject tag: Disinformation and misinformation | Government transparency | Privacy and data protection | Public Policy | Research | Terrorism and violent extremism
Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (World Economic Forum)
Through the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, WEF develops policy frameworks for emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the Center for Cybersecurity convenes experts around issues[...]
Subject tag: Algorithmic systems | Disinformation and misinformation | Privacy and data protection | Public Policy | Research
Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) (Stanford University)
PACS runs the Program on Democracy and the Internet, which conducts multidisciplinary research on ways to maximize the benefits of the Internet while minimizing the threats it poses to democratic[...]
Subject tag: Algorithmic systems | Democracy & Civil Liberties | Disinformation and misinformation | Research
Christchurch Call
The Christchurch Call is a community of over 120 governments, online service providers, and civil society organisations acting together to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online.
Subject tag: Terrorism and violent extremism
Computational Propaganda Project (Internet Institute) (Oxford University)
The Computational Propaganda Project conducts research on algorithms, bots, and social media applications and their impacts on the spread of propaganda, the manipulation of conversations online, trust in media institutions,[...]
Subject tag: Algorithmic systems | Disinformation and misinformation | Research
Consultation: Protecting people from illegal harms online
This is the first of four major consultations that Ofcom, as regulator of the new Online Safety Act, will publish as part of our work to establish the new regulations[...]
Subject tag: Advertising | Algorithmic systems | Child safety | Data Access | Disinformation and misinformation | Government transparency | Privacy and data protection | Terrorism and violent extremism
Credibility Coalition
The Credibility Coalition brings people together to develop common standards for information credibility. [This entry was sourced from the Carnegie Endowment’s Partnership for Countering Influence Operations and its baseline datasets[...]
Subject tag: Disinformation and misinformation | Research
Cyber Security and Election Interference (Brookings Institution)
The Cyber Security and Election Interference is a series designed to be accessible to policymakers, journalists, and the general public, and explores digital threats to American democracy, cybersecurity risks, and[...]
Subject tag: Democracy & Civil Liberties | Disinformation and misinformation | Government transparency | Public Policy
Cybersecurity for Democracy at NYU Tandon
Cybersecurity for Democracy is a research-based effort to expose online threats to our social fabric – and recommend how to counter them. We are part of the Center for Cybersecurity[...]
Subject tag: Advertising
Defending Democracy Program (Microsoft)
The Defending Democracy Program will work with stakeholders including governments, non-government organizations, academics and industry all in democratic countries globally to protect campaigns from hacking, increase political advertising transparency online,[...]
Subject tag: Advertising | Algorithmic systems | Democracy & Civil Liberties | Disinformation and misinformation
