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Opening up big tech, digital subversion, smart communications
The lack of transparency of online platforms is only set to create more furor in 2022. Nathaniel Persily urges Facebook to make available their internal research to independent scholars in order to measure how the platform “harms users,” while former Facebook executive and CrowdTangle founder Brandon Silverman is helping regulators craft legislation to make social media platforms more transparent.
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Digital subversion is another rising threat. What is it you ask? This video explains Plus listen to Ronald Deibert’s lecture on the topic stressing that countering digital subversion has become an “existential imperative.” We need heightened legal accountability against malign actors and algorithms that are harder to manipulate for malicious gain.
Not that technology is the only way to undermine civil society and civic debate. Traditional and non-traditional media fuel government smear campaigns designed to undermine trust in and intimidate organizations promoting progressive causes. This guide from Liberties offers useful tips on how to build public support around the vital role of CSOs. See also this new resource: Seeing hope: A Visual Communications Guide for Human Rights.
Essential Listening #1Toward net-zero: following the money and mobilizing popular buy-in
Last year saw a flood of financial commitments to limit climate change, but we will need transparency of funding to assure delivery on these commitments from public and private sectors alike. Intriguing then to read the 2021 edition of Climate Policy Initiative’s Global Landscape of Climate Finance.
Of course, increased financing is not all that is needed. Richard Youngs explores how national conferences in Europe on the political and social elements of a green transition could help countries widen democratic buy-in for the climate agenda.
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Meantime, Simone Dietrich argues in a new book that historical tendencies of donor governments may influence the nature of aid they provide more than evidence – see Duncan Green’s review. Not that it will stop the evidence-based programming evangelists – Luke Jordan is among those betting machine learning can help gauge potential impacts of development aid projects using large datasets (Watch the webinar here).
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What of the means of engaging local actors? Accountability Research Centre shares findings on progress and internal obstacles for the World Bank to keep its commitments on engaging civic stakeholders in all investment projects.
How to open up philanthropy in 2022? Jane Dodson advocates external transparency and internal inclusivity while Bob Atkins advocates a few simple steps to advance equity by revealing communities that are all too often “invisible” to funders. Based on recent TAI conversations we’d suggest participatory philanthropy will continue to evolve in 2022 – hopefully going beyond limited pilots. Based on engagement of the disability community, Nikki Brown-Booker urges funders to abandon top-down, one-sided funding.
Finally, Lucy Bernholz unpacks the philanthropy buzzwords of the year ahead (spoiler alert, technology will rule.)
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