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Helping local communities create flourishing digital spaces

Habitat: a data home for organizations - building [at] habitat

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Gazing Back at the Surveillance Cameras That Watch Us (Published 2018)

These photographers explored the implications of a culture of pervasive monitoring.

Habitat's road to release: 08 search - building [at] habitat

Bringing search to groups in Habitat!

Habitat's road to release: 08 search - building [at] habitat

Bringing search to groups in Habitat!

OpenMedia

OpenMedia works to keep the Internet open, affordable, and surveillance-free. We create community-driven campaigns to engage, educate, and empower people to safeguard the Internet.

Anchor - Your Personal Location Journal

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Introducing Acorn: Community Infrastructure That Grows With You

Featured image: Emergence by Paul Lewin

Creating a Flourishing Digital Public Space for Your Local Area | Notion

A how-to guide for admins and moderators of inclusive, uplifting, and public-spirited local Facebook groups, Discord servers, subreddits, and more...

Trails and public spaces — Rafael M. Batista

A reply to Kenny Peng and colleagues on designing social media around trails — and why the campground or the piazza may be the better analogy.

🧭🏘️📲 Exploring a new social product for local communities

We’re seeking local partners for collaboration as we pilot new concepts and designs

Advocacy groups and Metric Media collaborate on local ‘community news’

<p>This is the second part of a two-part investigation. The first piece can be found here. Metric Media launched “Community Newsmaker” in 2020 using the language of citizen journalism. However, what appeared to be  grassroots news is part of a sprawling network that promotes political agendas and corporate interests, without disclosing those ties to the […]</p>