Why AI Readiness for West African Civil Society Cannot Be Leapfrogged
When mobile money transformed financial inclusion across West Africa in the 2000s and 2010s, it appeared to validate the idea…
Theme: Tech & Democracy
The Fog of AI War
An irreducible uncertainty haunts every battlefield: the fog of war. And for two centuries, military innovation has promised to lift…
Civic Voices Digital Platform: Where Communities Organize for Change
A digital civic engagement hub that supports communities to deliberate, manage issues, mobilize, and interact with governance using tools, dialogue,…
Advocating AI in Pakistan’s Public Sector: Empowered Workforce for a Reformed Governance
AI is increasingly proving to be a game changer in resolving the long-standing governance challenges such as bureaucratic inefficiencies, sluggish…
UN: Data-driven technologies must not reinforce historic inequalities
Sensitive data – related to the most identifiable, personal, and intimate aspects of an individual – deserves special protection under…
1 in 5 Americans now regularly get news on TikTok, up sharply from 2020
A fifth of U.S. adults now regularly get news on TikTok, up from just 3% in 2020. In fact, during…
Open Measures Open Source Platform
Public and free tooling to conduct social media analysis
Election Audit Groups Spread Misinformation on Telegram
Since the 2020 US election, alleged election fraud issues has been the interest of conservative election audit groups.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels Amplify Anti-UN Sentiments
Pro-Russian Telegram operatives wage relentless disinformation campaigns against UN peacekeepers in Mali, DRC, and CAR.
Pravda Network Pushes Canadian & Australian Election News on VK
The pro-Russian Pravda network maintains dozens of accounts on the Russian social media site VK, where it shares English-language news…