Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusEurope
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)240,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionThe grant will support Global Action Plan in engaging existing civil society coalitions and mass mobilisation groups in the European environment/development sectors to join the campaign to fix Big Tech. Through new research and analysis, GAP will engage the full breadth of the climate movement and expand its understanding of how Big Tech's business model is a fundamental obstacle to climate action.
DescriptionAriadne is a European peer-to-peer network of more than 600 funders and philanthropists who support social change and human rights. This one year project grant will support the coordination, convening, and growth of Ariadne's 'Tech and Society' funder community, a sub-group of funders working on issues related to tech accountability and social justice.
DescriptionA project grant to Global Dialogue to support the Green Screen Climate Justice and Digital Rights coalition, a project hosted by its fiscal sponsor, Ariadne Network. The Green Screen Climate Justice and Digital Rights coalition is a group of philanthropic funders building funding strategies that support civil society strategies and agendas at the nexus of the internet and the environment.
DescriptionThe grant is to support InfluenceMap in developing an Ad Tracker to track, store and analyse advertising on the Facebook UK platform, to create awareness for disinformation/misinformation and green-washing propagated by fossil fuel corporations and other vested interests in relation to climate news.
DescriptionTo support Institute for Strategic Dialogue in delivering an operational review and analysis of the European Parliamentary elections projects and findings.
DescriptionTo support the Irish Council for Civil Liberties in delivering a program of work to protect the privacy rights and personal data of European-based internet users.
DescriptionTo support JoinPolitics, a new organisation and fund in Germany with a mission to seed capital for political talents. JoinPolitics empowers political talent and teams (individuals who want to run for office, or teams who want to work on specific political issues/projects) to develop and implement innovative solutions to the big political challenges of our times.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo support Liberty, an independent membership organisation that challenges injustice, defends freedom, and campaigns to make sure everyone in the UK is treated fairly.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionTo provide core support to Liberty to support and expand the organisation's capability, particularly around privacy, surveillance, and data protection and their relationship to human rights.
DescriptionTo support advocacy and education activities around human rights and data protection during the passage of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
DescriptionThis funding will support The Better Information Project(TBIP) at Meliore Foundation that seeks to create fact-based media, content, and digital infrastructure that can overwhelm oppositional narratives and provide information context that can be used by decision makers - with the support of policy expertise - to drive radical decision making on tech regulation and policy.
DescriptionTo support More in Common, an organisation which aims to build communities and societies that are stronger, more united, and more resilient to the increasing threats of polarisation and social division.
DescriptionTo support More in Common, an organisation which aims to build communities and societies that are stronger, more united, and more resilient to the increasing threats of polarisation and social division.
DescriptionTo support the Mozilla Foundation in conducting public campaigns and coalition building in key EU member states and to partner with Global Progress to promote a policy agenda that defends democracy from digital threats.
DescriptionTo support the continuing efforts of mySociety, including further innovation on its core platforms and products and growth in its international work.
DescriptionLuminate will contribute to the Civitates pooled fund to support the 2024-2028 strategy, which will focus on the enforcement of tech regulation at national level across 27 EU member states.
DescriptionThe European AI and Society Fund will provide support to CSOs across Europe to work together on building accountable governance mechanisms on AI.
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