Democracy Labs is a hub for ongoing technology and creative innovation that serves progressive campaigns and organizations at the national, state, and local levels.
Our focus is on long term, sustainable and affordable solutions. An approach that is longer than an election cycle, and isn’t purely dependant on volunteers, can enable more qualified candidates to run for office and for more issue groups to bring about positive social change.
Democracy Labs is a project of the Tides Advocacy Fund.
They meet different needs - business, advocacy and even the census. These innovative apps are being applied for a full count in
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New apps make it easier and more affordable to monitor trolls. Who is behind the Twitter bots attacking you?
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StateWide Indivisible Michigan (SWIM) is asking activists and Michigan residents to protest this partisan Republican move. SWIM texts actions to its volunteers with REMIND, a free app.
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The Poor People's Campaign in Virginia shows how it can be done using Wakelet, a free app. It provides a Coronavirus newsfeed that is distributed through emails, social media, its own and
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Mothers of Hope is polling people of different races in Kalamazoo (with help from Black Votes Matter) about their experiences in trying to get tested for the Coronavirus.
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Voting by mail has worked well for years, but will be especially important in this pandemic. But how do voters without a computer or internet access request a Vote By Mail
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Technology designed to respond to disasters in developing countries, is now being applied to fight the Coronavirus in America.
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How are bots attacking Roe v Wade? How do they spread disinformation and create false outrage? Who are the bots targeting? How do you spot bot behavior and fight back?
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Coronavirus Atlas is a free app created by activists that ncludes cases reported in the US, safety tips and how the Trump administration is responding.
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GIFs are images that play automatically on a web page or in a tweet. GIFs outperform videos for engagement as more people use Twitter and Instagram on phones without sound.
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We analyzed over 450,000 tweets from March 1-4 with the hastag #covid19 using Nexalogy. The software automatically digests and analyzes the Twitter feed for #covid19.
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Betsy DeVos was slashing funds for poor rural schools & parents responded by creating an interactive campaign using free apps & a little help from DemLabs.
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