Supported by the Open Society Foundations, this project explored how civil society organizations are responding to increasingly hostile and complex information environments in the region, including political polarization, information disorder, digital surveillance, and attacks on journalists and media outlets.
Reflections from our latest research on alternative social media platforms.
Takeaways from conversations about “information deserts”, gender injustice, and climate and environmental justice in the context of info ecosystems in Latam and the Caribbean.
From our recent “informationa ecosystems” gathering in Santiago, a list of recommendations and inspiration!
What would it take for a critical mass of social media users to move from mainstream to alternative platforms?
How do we achieve digital inclusivity that goes beyond just basic access? Explore The Engine Room’s newly-launched Digital Resilience Hub.
How to identify when it’s time for a change, how to choose tools that align with your evolving needs, and strategies for smooth transitions.
We reflect on the questions and challenges that social justice organisations approached us with in 2023.
Read about our partnership with the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA).
A list of initiatives fighting online violence against women in politics in Latin America
Tips for better calls in low-connectivity situations
Tips for creating documentation that supports your team as you adopt tech tools.
In our time of climate emergency and growing efforts to erode democratic relationships and information ecosystems, perspectives around equity, enjoyment and care help us reimagine futures that nurture and regenerate relationships and natural ecosystems.
As part of our efforts around mapping digital resilience trends, challenges and opportunities, we’ve seen the impact that digital rights threats can have on civil society.
More than a jargon-y definition, digital resilience should be an achievable reality for social justice organisations.
Takeaways from our community call in December 2022, to discuss the digital resilience challenges we (and our partners) are working through.
Working with Amnesty Tech, we looked at how Amnesty International has woven a critical understanding of technology into their human rights defence work.
Earlier this year we started a new project to examine and strengthen our digital resilience, in an effort to further integrate social justice principles into our tech choices and practices and deepen our capacity to support our partners. What is digital resilience? We use the term “digital resilience” to refer to a set of practices […]
Earlier this year we started a new project to examine and strengthen our digital resilience. In this blog post, we’re sharing some reflections about the new tools our team is testing out!
Our team has supported hundreds of social justice organisations to use tech and data. One clear trend we’ve seen over the years is a consistent interest in building online communities.
Introducing new platforms and tools is a challenging process for many organisations, but there are steps you can take to make it smoother.
Rethinking an organisation’s use of tech and data does take quite a bit of time (and resources!). But, there are low(ish) hanging fruits that you can start tackling.
Read our research report exploring intersectional collaboration between social justice communities and data and digital rights (DDR) communities during the pandemic.
What to consider before building a tool from scratch.
Barriers to collaboration between social justice groups and DDR groups.
A resource for human rights documenters, tool developers and funders.
We spoke with Ledys Sanjuan, Advocacy, Communications & Tech Manager at the FRIDA Fund.
How The Engine Room aspires to approach our own technical choices with an explicit focus on justice and anti-oppression.
Learnings from our work with CELS reconceptualising and publishing an exiting database of cases.
Tips and tools for weathering the work-from-home part of this storm.
A guide for building attack archetypes & case studies.
We’ve been working on a project with Internews to support organisational security practitioners working with human rights organisations. One aspect of the project focuses on measuring impact.
Tools for orgsec practitioners, security researchers and others.
Explore our research and digital security toolkiit
Takeaways from our community call in May 2020.
Options for organisations creating public interest technology that want to ensure the software they develop undergoes a rigorous security audit.
We’re seeing that many civil society organisations, particularly those working in service provision or public-facing roles, must reimagine their programmatic objectives and goals quickly.
Reflections from our partnership with Hiperderecho, a Peruvian non-profit defending rights and freedoms in digital spaces.
Using data and technology in social justice work is about understanding the lives of the people you’re working with and then figuring out what type of work you can do to best serve those communities.
In the rush to convert to digital, we should keep a few important things in mind.
This year, we researched how digital tools are re-used in the UK charity sector.
One way to hit the needed balance of ambition and practicality is by starting with the basics: understanding and defining the problem you want to address.
We see a lot of organisations looking for support with a technology project. The majority we see fall short of addressing project needs and don’t tap into the power of sharing and collaborating.
This post was originally published on the Making All Voices Count blog.
We are celebrating International Women’s Day with a compilation of resources, guides and organisations that help women and trans* persons use digital technologies in a safer way.
We created Alidade – an interactive guide that helps social change organisations ask the questions that can help them decide what kind of technology tool would fit with their project.
LevelUp features resources, advice, and insight for becoming a better digital safety trainer and better prepare for, manage, and evaluate events. The customizable LevelUp Trainers’ Curriculum has been field-tested to create the open and participatory dynamic found best fit for a digital security training environment.