ACCESS BROADBAND Dashboard (US)
The U.S. Census Bureau, in partnership with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), has launched a data dashboard. ACCESS BROADBAND stands for Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand Act. The new data tool shows how changes in broadband infrastructure can affect local economies. The […]
Belarusian politics archive
Belarusian Politics and Society Web Archive: Archive-It – Belarusian Politics and Society The site was curated by librarians at Harvard and Stanford Universities, the University of Chicago, and the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum to preserve material related to the 2020 presidential election campaign in Belarus and the protests against the government of President […]
Protests Against Racism Web Archive
The Protests Against Racism Web Archive is new from the Library of Congress. It focuses on preserving websites created in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Snapshots of sites were preserved from June 29th – August 7th, 2020 with later web captures made for some of the sites during 2020, […]
Digital poverty – UK
UK Digital Poverty Evidence Review 2022 – Digital Poverty Alliance The DPA was established in 2021 by the Learning Foundation, Currys plc. and the Institute of Engineering and Technology. It aims to explore the nature and extent of digital poverty in the UK . This includes coverage of social, political and structural constraint on lack of access […]
Freedom of Internet report 2021
Latest annual report from Freedom House which ranks 70 nations according to levels of internet freedom. This includes coverage of freedom of expression, user privacy, regulation and control of big tech companies. Full methodology is provided on the website.
The IPPO Living Map: a searchable database of evidence on the social impacts of COVID-19
Just launched, a searchable international database of systematic reviews of research about the social impacts of COVID-19. which is being updated monthly by The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO), a UK academic collaboration which aims assess evidence from around the world to inform UK policymakers. The scope of the Living Map will be social sciences research evidence on COVID-19, including (but […]
Pandemic Through the Lens of Google Searches
Evolution of the Pandemic Through the Lens of Google SearchesNew data from the World Bank. It is dashboard covering 200 nations looking at trends in numbers of cases in a nation and the words most commonly searched for on Google – these include categories for symptoms, mental health treatment and consequences. A full methodology is […]
Internet affordability
Where is the internet inaffordable?Get the data from the latest annual report of the Affordable Internet Alliance. It covers national government broadband policy, planning and the prices people have to pay in nations worldwide. It also considers the impact of the digital divide especially during lockdowns. There is also new report on the digital divide […]
Google and Facebook and tracking.
A useful article with links to GPS data sources: How Facebook and Google Track Public’s Movement in Effort to Fight COVID-19
Minecraft game: Uncensored Library
Uncensored Library by Reporters without Frontiers A minecraft game created by RSF which is filled with articles and websites which are censored in their countries of origin. It aims to expose the nature of censorship to teenage game players. The site also has a 360 video of the design of the library. Players can get started from […]
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