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  • The Answer to Election Deniers Is in an Idaho County Website

    David Gilbert

    May 07, 2024 |

    Wired |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    To assuage concerns around election security, Ada County, Ohio created an online tool called Ballot Verifier that allows users to search every ballot cast in the county since 2022. County officials invited local election skeptics to be the first to test the new tool and received positive feedback on its level of transparency.

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  • Election Disinformation Campaigns are Targeting Latinos. Fact Checkers are Fighting Back.

    Timothy Pratt

    May 03, 2024 |

    Capital & Main |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Spanish-language fact-checking organizations such as Factchequeado debunk disinformation targeting Latino voters, often monitoring online discussion in Spanish-speaking countries to anticipate viral content before it reaches U.S. audiences. Factchequeado also partners with community media organizations who can share the fact-checked information with their local readers and viewers.

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  • How a Bipartisan Group Overcame the Odds to Pass the TikTok Divestment Bill

    John McCormack David M. Drucker

    May 03, 2024 |

    The Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States

    To drum up bipartisan support for a bill that will require social media app TikTok to divest from the Chinese Communist Party or lose access to American users, legislators involved multiple committees in the process and enlisted the support of the Department of Justice to appeal directly to Democrats. The final version of the bill was attached to legislation providing aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan and passed with little opposition.

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  • Cómo han logrado las instituciones canarias rendir cuentas en lugar de ocultarlas

    Beatriz C. Martisi

    April 25, 2024 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain, Canary Islands

    El Comisionado de Transparencia de Canarias ha conseguido en menos de seis años que la totalidad de sus instituciones públicas (345) y la mayoría de las entidades privadas (2.700) se sometan voluntariamente a su sistema de autoevaluación.

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  • Inside Google's Plans to Combat Election Misinformation

    Yasmeen Serhan

    April 25, 2024 |

    Time Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Indonesia

    To combat election-related mis- and disinformation, a Google initiative called Jigsaw launched campaigns in Indonesia and Eastern Europe with videos “inoculating” viewers against false information by explaining common manipulation techniques that could be used to mislead them. Surveys showed that people who viewed the videos were up to 5 percent more likely to correctly identify attempts at manipulation.

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  • Chicago student group organized "peace talk" forums for conversations on Israel and Gaza

    Lindsay Eanet

    April 24, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Student organizers with Chi Youth 4 Justice facilitated PzTalks, a series of forums at Chicago high schools to encourage conversation around Israel and Gaza and build bridges between Jewish and Arab American students. The events were held at 10 public high schools around the city and were tailored to each school’s population and priorities, with some drawing on restorative justice techniques to encourage open, respectful dialogue.

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  • Krakow Can Breathe Again

    Jan Zabka

    April 15, 2024 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Poland, Krakow

    An activist organization in Poland, Krakow Smog Alarm, teaches people about poor air quality in their city and helps them organize together to lobby their local governments for effective clean air measures.

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  • ULead Athens Supports Immigrant Students to Help Them Succeed And Much More

    Izzy Wagner

    April 13, 2024 |

    WUGA |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Through ULead Athens, Latino youth interested in pursuing higher education get access to mentorship, standardized test tutoring, college prep, and scholarship support. The organization also has a civic engagement initiative that focuses on voter registration and education within the Latino community. Since it was founded in 2014, ULead has helped roughly 98 percent of participants interested in attending college to get accepted.

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  • The climate watchdog holding the UK government to account

    Akshat Rathi

    April 04, 2024 |

    Zero |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Following the passage of the Climate Change Act, the United Kingdom created a Climate Change Committee to oversee the country’s efforts to reach net-zero emissions. The committee acts as a watchdog by analyzing ways to decarbonize the economy and publishing information that can be leveraged by policymakers, non-governmental organizations, and private sector industries. Its model has since been replicated around the world.

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  • Over 3,000 Navajo Homes Receive Accurate Addresses

    Emily Arntsen

    April 04, 2024 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Utah

    To improve voting access for residents of the Navajo Nation, who often don’t have official addresses, the Rural Utah Project partnered with Google to assign and distribute Plus Codes, more accurate address coordinates that use longitude and latitude. The organization has since registered nearly 2,000 new voters using the Plus Codes, and the new addresses have resulted in other unexpected benefits, such as improved response time for emergency responders and better access to delivery services.

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