Doing good with technology from our base in Silicon Valley! Check out our open source projects Aselo and Terraso.
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Delighted to announce that we are now an independent #TechForGood nonprofit with our own board and 501c3 charitable status in the U.S. Thanks so much to our supporters and @Benetech for fiscally sponsoring us!
techmatters.org/tech-matters… #techforgood #SocEnt
We're honored to be developing open source tools as part of the Technology Tools part of this 10M round of grants. Our Aselo project is planning to work on practical applications of AI for helplines spanning North America, the Caribbean and Africa.
👏 Congratulations to our 23 new grantees awarded USD 10M to tackle digital harms!
With these strategic investments, Safe Online continues to lead the fight against online threats to children, promoting safety in the digital space. #SafeOnline
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Join @SafeOnlineFund for an X chat with @TechMatters and 22 other grantees who received $10 million for innovative projects to combat digital threats. Starts in an hour!
📅 Date: June 26, 2024
⏰ Time: 9am EST (3pm CET)
#DigitalSafety #SafeOnline
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“you’re actually using [AI] to help people instead of making everyone terrified. So please, tell us more about using AI for good,” inquires @JimFruchterman from @TechMatters. Tune into this podcast to hear @TalkingPointsEd's @heejpeej response 🎙️ bit.ly/3xpvhpY
Great to see our own Steve Francis (@SteveF4Good) getting published by Forbes on why we do what we do on #TechForGood
I don't write much (and had lots of help), so reading this is a unique opportunity: "How Open-Source Software Empowers Nonprofits and the Global Communities They Serve" via @forbes forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/20… @DigiDem @digitalgreenorg @kobotoolbox @Benetech @TechMatters
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🌟 Grantee spotlight: We were so excited to see our partners @TechMatters launch the Better Deal for Data coalition.
The Better Deal for Data collaborative is developing guidelines to create a simplified and socially responsible approach to collecting, storing, analyzing, and using data.
Here is a link to contribute a use case or join the coalition: bd4d.org/
ALT Developing guidelines for collecting, storing, and using data better
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It was so much fun talking about data and AI last week at the #SkollWF. Thanks to the @SkollFoundation for this fun clip on getting more representative data!
#DataforGood #BetterDealforData
What's one key to ensuring AI can better help us? @TechMatters CEO @JimFruchterman says nonprofits need more "representative" data on issues to train AI models. Watch the short #SkollWF clip.
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Pod Bible x @TheLowerStreet Recommended Podcast
@TechMatters
@JimFruchterman spreads the word about the work of some of the most interesting social entrepreneurs out there & how they've used technology to create deeply impactful organizations.
Listen: chartable.com/podcasts/the-t…
Seeing that tech benefits all of humanity, not just the richest 10%, is key to our mission at Tech Matters. Check out the @TechMatters podcast, hosted by our founder, @JimFruchterman, as he interviews top leaders in the nonprofit #TechForGood field!
Tune into @TechMatters where tech & social good unite. Hosted by @JimFruchterman, you'll gain insights from transformative social impact organizations. Discover how technology is used to challenge global issues while ensuring software design puts people first. #podcastdelivery
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Earlier today, PJMF President @vilasdhar joined @ruankeyun and @davidjonesOYW at #OYW23 to discuss the role of civil society and #changemakers in building a human-centered, #AI-enabled future.
ALT Quote graphic on blue patterned background: "Our digital world should not be built by technology companies for profit; instead, we should come together to build it for humanity." #OYW23 Vilas Dhar, President, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
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The @paloaltoweekly just published my bittersweet farewell to @Benetech's offices after two decades spent on California Avenue. Palo Alto was a great place to grow our nonprofit tech company!
Opinion: End of an era on California Avenue paloaltoonline.com/news/2023…
Not a fan of #WORLDCOIN. "No, the company using orbs to scan your eyeballs does not have your best interest at heart."
The Weirdest Project happening in the Tech World right now medium.com/predict/the-weird…
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.@TechMatters supports nonprofits with software & data. 📈 Discover Aselo, their cloud-based contact center platform, powering children's crisis lines.
Explore the global impact: bit.ly/3JOrHIK
Joan Mellea and I wrote a piece 5 years ago about this going on (AI discriminating against job applicants). This one is a basic age discrimination suit, but more are coming!
Tutoring firm settles US agency's first bias lawsuit involving AI software reuters.com/legal/tutoring-f…
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I really enjoyed this short book which explains why laws against tinkering are not good for (almost all of) humanity!
It probably will get outlawed in Florida.
Ada & Zangemann | No Starch Press nostarch.com/ada-zangemann
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This pilot is really important to @Aselo_org and @TechMatters: if this works well in India, we hope to expand it to other countries, helping child stop their intimate images from being circulated online. #CSAM #IBSA
techmatters.org/aselos-innov…
Nice post from @MapBox about the story map tool built into Terraso!
This is one of our most popular features in the initial public Terraso platform launch, and it came about because we listened to our users (this wasn't in our initial roadmap) and saw the coolness of what @DigiDem and @Mapbox had done. /HT!
mapbox.com/blog/communities-…
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The UN is conducting an online survey of children and young people all over the world about online safety. Spread the word!
POP: Protection through online Participation | UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children violenceagainstchildren.un.o…
Our founder, @JimFruchterman, is doing this TwitterChat right now with the #SafeOnline team at the @GPtoEndViolence (against children). Talking about the issues facing kids online.
Online #CSEA is growing at an alarming rate with @MissingKids receiving 32 million reports in 2022 (up from 29 million in 2021) of suspected CSAM from all over the world.
We are starting TwitterChat to tackle online child sexual exploitation and abuse #SafeOnlineNow!
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💭 Have you heard of Terraso? Launched recently by @1000_Landscapes and @TechMatters, Terraso enables landscape leaders to address the local impacts of #ClimateChange and support #sustainable local economies.
Check it out 👉 terraso.org/
We're proud to be part of this new investment round from #SafeOnline. We'll be focusing on the complex challenge of repeat callers for child helplines as part of our @Aselo_org platform for crisis response helplines.
Meet the winners of #SafeOnline’s new Investment Round!
These 8 projects will lead to game-changing evidence, applications and learning, and build on six years of earlier investments in countries across the world.
Link: bit.ly/SafeOnline_invests4M
#SafeOnlineNow
