Technology

Technology for the People

By Eric Nee

The digital system should serve the public interest, with much more intentional governance of technology in its broadest terms, including culture, norms, mindsets, institutions, ethics, and participation.

Government

The Right to Intimate Privacy

Reviewed By Navneet Alang

The Fight for Privacy investigates how governments and businesses violate and profit from our personal lives online.

Fall 2022

Technology

Decolonize Data

By Nithya Ramanathan, Jim Fruchterman, Amy Fowler & Gabriele Carotti-Sha 4

The social sector too often extracts and siloes data from the communities it supposedly serves.

Philanthropy & Funding

The Looming Fight Over How We Give Our Data

By Lucy Bernholz & Brigitte Pawliw-Fry

We face a choice between two models for donating data: one governed by corporations and one determined by grassroots civic action. The winner will decide how much control we have over our digital information.

Technology

A Peaceful Cyberspace

By Victoria A. Brownworth

Geneva-based CyberPeace Institute offers a beacon of hope for cybersecurity in an increasingly unsecured and dangerous cyberspace. A What's Next article from the Spring 2020 issue.

Technology

Fail-Safe Keeping of Personal Records

By Sarah Baird

The MyPass Austin project aims to help people experiencing homelessness by using blockchain technology to secure their personal documents. From the What's Next department of the Summer 2019 issue.

Nonprofits & NGOs

The Invention of Digital Civil Society

By Lucy Bernholz 1

For nearly three decades, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has led the fight to protect people’s digital rights, incubating allied organizations and offering free security tools to nonprofits. Can it continue to uphold its mission? From the Summer 2019 issue.