Pinterest said he violated laid-off colleagues’ privacy. Now he’s going public (Links)
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Voice Media: Sweden’s Digital ID System Hacked, Public’s Data Sold on Dark Web - Independent News Roundup (Links)
Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages (Links)
The Infrastructure of Trust: How Local Civic Hubs Are Rebuilding Democracy Across Rural America (Links)
Sacred Cows: What Did We Stop Questioning in Digital Government Delivery, but Should Now? ()
Update: The Tech Platforms have official logos associated with them now! If a project is by or explicitly about a mainstream tech platform, we tag it here.
Update: We've moved the Happening Today block, featuring today's events and opportunity deadlines, higher up on the app homepage:
Update: Thumbnails of project images should contain the entire image (rather than crop them) across the entire site now.
Also, here's a quick ~1-minute video overview of our Deepfakes Tracker Research Portal, which is chock-full of practical resources, including games to teach digital literacy and tools to detect deepfakes, that you can use now. Please share far and wide. 🙏 deepfakestracker.org
There's a new job open: Operations Manager at MuckRock Foundation.
Details: $55,000-$70,000
Remote (US)
Apply here: www.muckrock.com/jobs/operati...
There's a new job open: Senior Advocacy Officer, Asia, Digital Public Infrastructure & Inclusive Financial Systems at Gates Foundation.
Details:
Singapore (in-person)
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There's a new job open: Deputy Director, AI Delivery & Government Partnerships-Africa at Gates Foundation.
Details:
Nairobi or Nigeria, Ethiopia, or South Africa
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There's a new job open: Associate Director - Strategic Initiatives at Institute for Information, the Internet, and Democracy.
Details: $76,335 - $107,823
NU Boston Campus (hybrid)
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There's a new job open: Associate Director, Global Communications at Open Society Foundation.
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London
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There's a new job open: Director of Programs at Open Society Foundation.
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Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, or Mexico City
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There's a new job open: Director of Policy and Impact at Demos.
Details: £80,000
Greater London (Hybrid)
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There's a new job open: Staff Designer at Thunderbird.
Details: $150000-170000 US, $125000-145000 CAD, £72000-86000 UK
Remote UK, Canada, or US
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BREAKING: Go Vocal has acquired Open Source Politics! 4euyi.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/mr/sh/6rq...
OSP has built open source participatory engagements with DemocracyOS, Consul, and Decidim. Go Vocal is open core, meaning you can view the code but not use it.
LaSuite.coop will spin out as a SCIC.
There's a new job open: Development Director at Center for Tech and Civic Life.
Details: $116,487 - 141,487 USD
Chicago, IL or remote (US)
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There's a new job open: Organizing Associate at Center for Tech and Civic Life.
Details: $62,320 - $77,153 USD
Chicago, IL or remote (US)
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Newspeak fellows evaluated a collection of 'best in class' civic tech projects to develop an impact evaluation methodology. It includes some novel agentic AI evaluation. Attend tomorrow night: luma.com/4j8zzq1s
Initial approaches and rankings: 2025.newspeak.house/awards
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Update: We've also begun adding more featured videos to profiles based on the YouTube channel data we already had -- there are now 70 profiles with videos. You can add a video embed to your profile when you add or edit it. <https://app.civictech.guide/add>
Update: Profiles with YouTube videos now have a larger block dedicated to those featured videos below the main profile content. For example, you can watch the trailer for the Changing Lanes documentary on its profile page:
Digging the NYC Open Data week schedule. It's worth checking out to see who's doing what interesting things, regardless of whether you're in NYC: opendataweek.nyc/events/list/ @betanyc @nycofficeoftech
Update: We've added an AI chat option (in addition to browsing and search) to our Tool Finder page:
app.civictech.guide/tools