Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

Many activities in the social sphere also generate lots of information. These information-centric areas are built for Big Data—data that if better understood could help provide a pathway to maximize our human potential, instead of maximizing profits. The analysis made news globally and expanded an international conversation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The common link among our projects is information technology, which can be applied to just about every aspect of the social sector. One of our insights is that so much of social change is about pushing around information. Benetech successfully spun off our data team as the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, an independent NGO.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Because, if we make software that promises to keep your life or death sensitive information secret to the best of our abilities, we won’t build a back door in for Syria, or China, or the U.S. Unfortunately, safeguarding human rights information can’t be distinguished from piracy, if the contents are encrypted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

It makes the point that the growth of social and digital media usage development policy research can reach more people in more areas of the world and allows international organizations to start and inform discussions with people ranging from academics and activists to UN officials and government ministers.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

I know that may sound very ‘soft’ as political analysis goes, and I also know that no amount of niceness "fixes" Syria or Ukraine or human trafficking or global warming. And more and more of them are trying to create a kind of ground zero of respectful, caring human relationships.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2009

In some cases, the information is intended for use in court cases or international prosecution, to support a human rights report, or advocacy campaign. My first presentation discussed principles of documentation, developing databases, and analysis. Past partners have included NGOs and nine truth commissions.

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