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ADL to Build Silicon Valley Center to Monitor & Fight Cyberhate; Omidyar...
The Anti-Defamation League's new center in Silicon Valley will enable the organization to collaborate with the technology industry to tackle cyberhate.
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BBC Media Action's Governance and Accountability: What Role for Media?
BBC Media Action hosted policymakers, practitioners, and researchers for a discussion on the role of media in governance and accountability. The event was moderated by BBC's Ritula Shah and included Omidyar...
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Can Civic Tech help overcome the problems between citizens and governments...
The problems that have historically doomed the relationship between citizens and governments appear to be as prevalent today as they have ever been: corruption, mismanagement, inefficiency, and a lack of responsiveness.Around...
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Omidyar Network y Avina invierten USD 3,5 millones en el ecosistema de...
La alianza es la renovación del Fondo Acelerador de Innovaciones Cívicas, el principal fondo de apoyo a la tecnología cívica en América LatinaMérida, Yucatán, 16 de febrero de 2017. Omidyar Network, Fundación Avina...
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Omidyar Network invests $2.9M in new Latin American Alliance for Civic...
Alliance to be run by Fundación Avina and will be the next iteration of the Accelerator Fund for Civic Innovation – the key funder of civic tech innovation in Latin AmericaREDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 16, 2017. Omidyar...
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Open government: how far has it come and what does the future hold?
To capture the progress made across the global open government movement since the signing of Sweden’s seminal 1766 right to information law, we asked the 200 attendees of Open Up 2016 and our wider network to help us create...
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Leading Nigerian Government Transparency Organization, BudgIT, Secures...
Omidyar Network announced today it is renewing and expanding its investment in the Lagos-based government transparency organization BudgIT.
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Can transparency build trust?
Why 2017 must be the year that open government demonstrates transformative impact.
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Martin Tisné Discusses Recently Launched Ethics and Governance of Artificial...
Martin Tisné spoke with Cheddar TV regarding the new fund started by Knight Foundation, Omidyar Network, and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman to research artificial intelligence for the public interest. Watch a segment...
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Why We Invested: Tactical Technology Collective
Laura Bacon shares why we invested in Tactical Technology Collective, a nonprofit organization that explores the political and social role of technology in our lives.
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Knight Foundation, Omidyar Network and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman create...
MIT Media Lab and Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center to be anchor institutionsMIAMI, Jan. 10, 2017 – Recognizing the vast potential of artificial intelligence to affect the public interest, the John S. and James L. Knight...
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Omidyar Network Announces Investment in Citymart to Disrupt Local Government...
Omidyar Network announced today that it has made a $500,000 investment in Citymart, a civic tech platform that helps city governments improve their procurement process by engaging the most innovative small businesses and...
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