Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusEurope
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)350,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionThis grant is to support hiring the necessary staff to scale up it works to fight against online hate, disinformation, and harassment and encourages online citizenship.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)70,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionA project grant to Africa Uncensored (working in collaboration with Open Cities Lab and OdipoDev) to run an initiative called MyCandidate to help inform voters who they are able to vote for in their area with the aim of increasing informed participation.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)100,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionThis is a grant to build capacity of young women journalists, improve the visibility and accessibility of young women in politics, and design a media toolkit for reporting on young women in politics.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusEurope
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)1,365,455
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionThe grant will enable DFF to provide increased funding to support strategic litigation to advance digital rights and Europe, centred around platform accountability and Big Tech. It will also enable DFF to facilitate and coordinate community strengthening and support activities relating to platform accountability and collective redress within Europe.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusEurope
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)950,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionThis grant will support Sum of Us in growing and mobilising their European movements to demand their rights be enforced under data protection regulations in Europe. This work will focus on ending the destructive behaviour of digital platforms.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAsia
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)203,430
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionA project grant focused on building the capacity of Indonesian civil society in defending digital rights through workshops and trainings, fostering and sustaining networks through advocacy and communication, building better understanding of the role of open technology to support civic actors, and enhancing civil society knowledge and communications.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusEurope
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)52,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionThis grant is to support EU Disinfo Lab in convening an annual conference that brings together experts and thinkers on the challenges of disinformation.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusEurope
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)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.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAsia
Year 2022
Status Alumni Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)171,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionSupporting ICT Watch to extend and expand the capacity building workshops on the importance of privacy and digital literacy to national and local organisations in Indonesia.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusGlobal
Year 2023
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)200,000
Funding typeGrant: US Public Charity
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionResearch-based Online Violence Early Warning System (EWS) by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and the University of Sheffield designed to detect, predict, and ultimately help prevent the escalation of online abuse, harassment, and attacks against women journalists - online and offline.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)400,000
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionA 2-year grant to Open Cities Lab to support core operations and program work. The broad aim of this grant will be to facilitate the provision of reliable information to citizens of various countries, especially Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, to enable participation in civic and political life.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2023
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)410,000
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionThis is a two year grant to Paradigm Initiative to support its core operations and programs around digital rights and digital inclusion in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAsia
Year 2023
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)102,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionThis grant will provide support to Perludem to build strong and solid CSO Coalition against election disinformation, and to coordinate multi-stakeholder forums that bridge collaboration of CSOs, social media platforms, and elections administrators to prevent and combat election disinformation in Indonesia.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)350,000
Funding typeProject Agreement
Funding purposeProject Agreement
DescriptionTASCK is a creative company with access to a wide network of creative influencers across many fields, across Nigeria and Africa. They have engaged the creative space in Nigeria including the movie, music, art, fashion, etc. industries and worked to harness the the power of creatives for advocacy and social change.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusGlobal
Year 2023
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)100,000
Funding typeGrant: US Public Charity
Funding purposeOther
DescriptionThis grant is to support survivors and victims of disinformation campaigns in Syria to directly advocate to policymakers and tech companies about the harm caused by disinformation attacks and the need for Tech regulation.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAsia
Year 2022
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)266,450
Funding typeGrant: US Public Charity
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionA grant to a research coalition based in the University of Massachusetts Amherst that aims to support original research, develop policy advocacy, and provide capacity-building on technology accountability in/from the global South.
DescriptionABONG is a Brazilian association established in 1991 with the aim of strengthening Brazilian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in the defense and promotion of common rights and goods. They collaborate with social movements and engage in dialogue with governments for an environmentally just world, with equal rights and free from all forms of discrimination
DescriptionThis is a renewal grant to support the work of Accountability Counsel, focused on (1) supporting communities to use the non-judicial accountability offices tied to international investment through case support to achieve community goals; (2) policy advocacy to improve the system; and (3) research to understand the field.
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