Since 2019, Digital Action has been mobilizing a global network of partners to demand better standards from the governments and corporations responsible for our digital environments. Social media companies have acquired billions of users across the world. Their extractive business practices, from irresponsible data gathering to inscrutable algorithms, have generated a wide range of digital threats to democracy and human rights. All of this can bring severe offline consequences, from encouraging violence, to intensifying societal inequalities, polluting public discourse moments of crisis and opportunity for democratic rights. That’s why we campaign with partners around the globe to hold Big Tech companies accountable. We are a 501(c)3 fiscally sponsored project based in the US. Our team is based in Zambia, Palestine, Germany, Spain, the UK and the US.
Artificial Intelligence is reshaping our world at breakneck speed, but who decides how it’s developed and used? Right now, these decisions are mainly happening in boardrooms and tech hubs of the Global North, leaving most of the world’s population as mere spectators. We believe it’s time to change that to democratize AI governance, by
Our team are experts in campaigning and building coalitions. We bring civil society organisations together to influence policy and denounce digital threats that have real-world consequences.
This briefing was authored by Global Coalition for Tech Justice members India Civil Watch International, The London Story and Digital Action....
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