10 HX Organizations You Should Know About
All Tech Is Human just released HX Report: Aligning Our Tech Future with the Human Experience!
The report was developed by All Tech Is Human through a large global working group and features 45 profile interviews from a diverse range of backgrounds and perspectives. The HX Report also includes resources from over 100 organizations related to the emerging concept of HX (Human Experience).
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Here are 10 of these HX-focused organizations that you should know about:
Citizen Lab
“The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security. We use a “mixed methods” approach to research combining practices from political science, law, computer science, and area studies.” citizenlab.ca/
RESOURCES: Tools and Resources, Research areas include: Targeted Threats, Free Expression Online, Transparency and Accountability, App Privacy and Controls, Global Research Network
TAG: Content Moderation
Digital Life Initiative
Digital Life Initiative (@dlicornelltech) “Embedded within the progressive teaching mission of Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island, the Digital Life Initiative (DLI) was launched in 2017 to analyze the societal tensions arising from existing and emergent digital technologies. Inspired by the core values of justice, democracy, privacy, responsibility, security, and freedom, we support collaborative research projects that explore ethics, policy, politics and quality of life within prevailing socio-technical systems. See below to gain greater insight into the breadth of our research, our visiting fellowships and postdoctoral opportunities, our weekly Digital Life seminar series, and the unique collective of scholars, practitioners and innovators that constitute the DLI Team.” dli.tech.cornell.edu/
RESOURCE: Research Projects
TAG: Product Design, Tech & Wellbeing, Content Moderation, Digital Citizenship
Headstream Innovations
Headstream Innovations (part of SecondMuse) (@HeadstreamInno) “Headstream, like its namesake, is made up of a confluence of initiatives that you all have helped bring to life in order to create a richer and more meaningful digital experience for young people as they grow up in this particularly challenging moment in time. We welcome your collaboration and hope to inspire you and your endeavor to create more inclusive, accessible and positive digital places for young people alongside us.”
RESOURCE: “Collab Lab is a new program that will bring the transformational potential of youth co-creation to the tech builders at the largest social media and gaming companies.”
TAG: Tech & Wellbeing, Product Design, Digital Citizenship
Institute for the Internet and the Just Society
Institute for the Internet and the Just Society (@internetjustsoc) “We are committed to working pro bono for a just and democratic digital society. We envision a society founded on respect for human rights, the rule of law and democracy. We advocate inclusion and democratic participation on the level of multistakeholder digital governance. We believe that everyone can thrive and fulfill their potential anywhere in the world provided they have equal opportunities and on the basis of equal rights. We are citizens of the world.” Internetjustsociety.org
RESOURCES: Research programs: Law & Technology, Digital Governance & Democracy, AI & Fairness
TAG: Digital Citizenship, Content Moderation
New_ Public
New_Public (@WeAreNew_Public) “New_ Public is a community-driven laboratory building digital spaces that serve the public good. We aim to build a world where everyone gets to participate in flourishing, welcoming, productive digital spaces and communities — spaces where we feel like we belong, where we encounter differences, where we productively address conflicts and build understanding, and where we work together for the benefit of all. Just as public spaces in physical life are a critical part of community cohesion offline, we believe digital public spaces contribute to the cohesive and healthy digital public life our societies need.” newpublic.org
RESOURCE: Building better digital spaces
TAG: Product Design, Tech & Augmentation
People-Centered Internet
People-Centered Internet (@PCI_Initiative) “People-Centered Internet works to make sure that the Internet is a positive force for good, improving the lives and well-being of people around the world. Through our global initiatives, we promote connectivity, fight disinformation, add to the discussion about technology ethics, support the development of people-centered applications and initiatives, advise policymakers, and leverage technology to help communities be more resilient.” Peoplecentered.net
RESOURCES: Policy & Governance
TAG: Tech & Wellbeing, Product Design, Digital Citizenship
Prosocial Design Network
Prosocial Design Network (@DesignProsocial) “We believe that digital products can be designed to help us better understand one another…That’s why we are building an international network of behavioral science and design experts to articulate a better, more prosocial future online; and to disentangle the Web’s most glaring drawbacks: from misunderstandings to incitements to hatred.” prosocialdesign.org
RESOURCE: Case studies
TAG: Product Design, Tech Augmentation, Digital Citizenship
Ranking Digital Rights
Ranking Digital Rights (@rankingrights) “Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) works to promote freedom of expression and privacy on the internet by creating global standards and incentives for companies to respect and protect users’ rights…We do this by ranking the world’s most powerful digital platforms and telecommunications companies on relevant commitments and policies, based on international human rights standards. We work with companies as well as advocates, researchers, investors, and policymakers to establish and advance global standards for corporate accountability." RankingDigitalRights.org
RESOURCE: Theory of Change, Recommendations for governments and policymakers
TAG: Digital Citizenship
Synthetic Futures
Synthetic Futures (@SynthFutures) “Synthetic Futures is a community of individuals, companies, and organizations dedicated to shaping a positive future for synthetic media in its many different forms. We celebrate synthetic media’s immense creative potential when used ethically and responsibly, while also working together to address the technology’s malicious uses and unexpected consequences We come together through our quarterly live-streamed events, creating content to help educate wider society, and our community Discord server. We believe the future will be synthesised. Now it’s up to us to decide how.”
TAG: Tech Augmentation
XR Safety Initiative
XR Safety Initiative (@XRSIdotorg) “XR Safety Initiative (XRSI) is a 501(c)(3) worldwide not-for-profit organization that promotes privacy, security, and ethics in the immersive environments (virtual reality, mixed reality, and augmented reality). Our mission is to help build safe and inclusive experiences so that XR stakeholders are able to make informed and decisions.” Xrsi.org
RESOURCE: The Child Safety Initiative
TAG: Product Design, Tech & Augmentation
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Check out All Tech Is Human’s full list of Responsible Tech organizations, along with Academic Centers & Institutes.
All Tech Is Human is a non-profit committed to building the Responsible Tech pipeline; making it more diverse, multidisciplinary, and aligned with the public interest. We unite a broad range of stakeholders in order to co-create a better tech future. Our activities includes a large community Slack group, regular livestreams and summits, Responsible Tech Job Board, mentorship program, university ambassadors program, regular working groups that release impactful reports, and more. Find all of our links here.
