DescriptionThis is a project agreement to support the work of Open Briefing, an organization that works to provide holistic security support and resources to protect people and communities challenging power. The focus of this opportunity is Open Briefing's strategies to 1) Disrupt attacks and reprisals against the people and communities challenging power and; 2) Strengthen the global support ecosystem for the people and communities targeted for challenging power. We will also be supporting their process of becoming a globally decentralized organization.
DescriptionTo support the organisation's work in using Data Protection Acts to reducing monetisation of the disinformation content and accounts on platforms in South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Taiwan.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAfrica
Year 2023
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)410,000
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionThis is a two year grant to Paradigm Initiative to support its core operations and programs around digital rights and digital inclusion in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa.
DescriptionPeri is a Brazil-born studio focused on creating films, docs and series that strategically push new mental models into the audience's imagination by tapping into well-known narrative archetypes.
Area of workParticipation & Dissent, Information Ecosystems
Geographic focusAsia
Year 2023
Status Current Partner
Type
Non-Profit
Amount committed (US$)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.
DescriptionThis is a project grant to the Pulitzer Center's AI accountability network. The initiative aims to expand and diversify the field of of algorithmic accountability reporting by supporting journalists, particularly those working at the local level to pursue in-depth reporting projects that interrogate how AI systems are funded, built, and deployed by governments and other actors. With Luminate's support, the Pulitzer Center will research, design, and start to implement a comprehensive strategy to maximize the synergies between journalism and audience-centered engagement.
DescriptionThis project funding will support Purple Code carrying out legal assistance, tech and psycho-social assistance to victims of online gender-based violence.
DescriptionThis grant will help Quid consolidate its operations for a longer time, offering support to the field in its work to mitigate for antidemocratic extremism that prevents underrepresented groups to participate in political decisions. It will be dedicated to expanding research capacity, amplifying campaign actions, and deepening partnerships within and outside of Brazil.
DescriptionAfricaNoFilter supports storytellers and organisations already working to shift stereotypical narratives of Africa through the development of nuanced and contemporary stories. This grant will support AfricaNoFilter implement its strategic plan in accordance with its key pillars: grant-making, research, community building, and advocacy.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionThis is a general support grant for SAFEnet to support their programmatic work on digital rights and freedom of expression, and to strengthen their organization.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionA 2-year grant to Siasa Place to support core operations and program work. This grant's broad aim will be to promote youth participation in democratic processes through research, training, civic education, networking, and strategic partnerships.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeGeneral Funding Grant
DescriptionThis is a core grant to SERAP in support of their strategic litigation work to protect dissent and to expand the space for civic participation in Nigeria.
DescriptionThis is a grant to Spaces for Change to support the tracking and documentation of civic space issues arising from the 2023 general elections, the Nigerian judiciary's contributions to these, and provide recommendations on appropriate responses.
DescriptionLuminate supports the early stage development of Studio Citizen, a new Studio that integrates journalism into impact-driven nonfiction storytelling.
DescriptionA 3-year unrestricted grant to support Superrr Lab?s work to develop visions and projects to create more equitable futures by researching technologies, building networks, and shaping new narratives. LSI is particularly interested in their work 1) opening up the tech debate to those most affected by digital technologies, including forming new networks and alliances beyond tech and, 2) replacing innovation narratives with sustainability, equity and inclusion, including providing a forum to build consensus between civil society organisations, establish points of action and present shared narratives.
DescriptionAn 18-month project grant to support research mapping on how technology causes harm to marginalised communities in Europe. The grant will support Systemic Justice to 1) develop bespoke non-extractive methodological approaches to research / investigate the harms experienced by marginalised communities across Europe and 2) publish the main mapping report and develop additional related outputs.
DescriptionThis grant to Accionar.io contributes to the collaborative design of communication and mobilization strategies aimed at raising awareness and promoting the agendas of underrepresented groups, specifically women, youth, the LGBT+ community, and Indigenous peoples.
DescriptionTo support the London Story's work to fight the impunity of the state and big tech in the info-sphere through the tracking of disinformation and hate speech online that lead to violations of human rights in particular in India and Europe.
Funding typeGrant: Foreign Public Charity Equivalent
Funding purposeProject Grant
DescriptionThis is a project grant to help TNH advance their mission to create a model of decolonised journalism, a key component of their five-year strategy (2022-2026), then to provide practical insights and thought leadership to the wider sector of international journalism on the subject. More specifically, TNH's efforts will focus on creating content that is more inclusive and guided by the communities they serve, in order to better represent the issues that matter to them. In addition to nuturing talent from the Global South, TNH will also seek to create guidance based on their own and others' experience and by providing fora and a platform for awareness-raising and discussion.
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.
DescriptionThis is a renewal project agreement to the Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education. The scope of this project is supporting Tshisimani in building transnational solidarity across the African continent through the African Solidarity Programme, and Education for Movement Building. This work is also part of a continued long-term investment to support Tshisimani in becoming a global reference for activist education.
DescriptionTo create a resilient network of women in Argentina, fostering collaboration and facilitating their advancement in political, economic, academic, and social leadership roles.
DescriptionThis research grant renewal will extend the partnership between Luminate and UMass Amherst digital politics researchers to develop high-impact action research that supports global civil society to address information disorders across diverse national contexts.
DescriptionThis grant will help Uplift launch a major public enquiry in Ireland on the role of Big Tech in Irish society and its failure in holding these companies to account in protecting all Europeans' data and digital rights.
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