Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 22, 2013
Top tech companies like Google, Facebook and IBM have figured out how to make vast quantities of money by giving away their core product, or building products on top of open source and free software. To the greatest extent possible, be open. Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Connected Civil Society: Applying machine learning and computer vision to document human rights violations and promote accountability in Syria in collaboration with the UN. Born Accessible: Working with publishers to ensure that any new ebook is accessible to people who read differently - with the goal of one day making Bookshare obsolete.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 20, 2013
From capturing the stories of human rights violations in Guatemala, Burma, Syria and Uganda, to helping a biologist plan a better restoration of a wetlands, or matching up an open source geek with the social good project of his or her dreams, Benetech’s team is using technology to make the world a better place.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 28, 2011
We develop free and open source software to help groups capture the stories of human rights abuse, and store and back them up securely in another country. Yet another example of bills written to catch criminals, that do very little to stop them, but end up screwing up law-abiding organizations. Endangering Human Rights Activists.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 8, 2011
We develop free and open source software to help groups capture the stories of human rights abuse, and store and back them up securely in another country. Yet another example of bills written to catch criminals, that do very little to stop them, but end up screwing up law-abiding organizations. Endangering Human Rights Activists.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 30, 2011
In the closing session, El-Fatah noted that he had just gotten an email saying that two of his friends had just been killed in Syria. The incident made me wonder if technology could be developed to help prevent such atrocities, and that idea led to the creation of the open source Martus software for tracking and reporting on abuses.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 19, 2009
Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi As a Program Associate for the Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP), I train and support human rights advocates who use Benetech’s free and open source Martus program to securely document human rights violations. Past partners have included NGOs and nine truth commissions.
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