Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2010

As the worldwide debate continues about the release of government information by Wikileaks, history has shown that the uncovering of government data can be an important factor in human rights investigations. HRDAG analysis of formerly hidden data has promoted respect for human rights and raised the cost of crimes against humanity.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 7, 2011

The story illustrates the crucial role that scientists can play in analyzing large collections of human rights data and presenting findings that can help hold perpetrators accountable for terrible crimes. We have been working in partnership with the archive staff who have been using Benetech’s Martus software to secure the data.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

The DIAGRAM Center team has also created an image data content model which will provide standards to define and enhance the efficacy and interoperability of accessible images as the project evolves. Information about devices that support image descriptions can be found at the DIAGRAM website.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 5, 2010

Comments on the FCC's Accessibility Plans (June 2010) My main recommendation to the FCC is to be more ambitious about accessibility. It’s certainly within our technical capabilities to provide a basic level of access to the information and communication capabilities of the Internet and web through broadband.

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Accessibility Award Proposal Phase 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Data is a bigger and bigger topic in social change. I spend more and more of my time talking to leaders in the sector, helping advance the use of data for action and impact. I just had the thrill of spending an hour with Janet Gornick, the Director of LIS, an international data archive that is located in Luxembourg.

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Uruguay Luxembourg New York Database 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2013

Martus enables human rights workers to securely document and organize information about violations in a way that protects those who would face violence and repression for telling their stories. The data and stories collected are often what is needed to pursue reform, seek justice and begin reconciliation.

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