Opinion

If digital infrastructure is the backbone of civil society and democratization, then why aren’t we doing more to protect it?

Social justice advocate Tawana Petty writes, “We fear the unknown and what we don’t understand and sometimes that fear turns us into people we might not otherwise be.”

In an interview with ERST Foundation, Lucy Bernholz calls on Europe to impart to tech platforms a set of standards that uphold the ideals of democracy.

In the last of a five-part series, Lucy Bernholz identifies larger, contextual shifts that are shaping philanthropy and digital civil society.

As Lucy Bernholz writes, we need to lose the old-fashioned concept of going online and address how and why we’re controlled by our digital systems.

As civil society is now digital we face new decisions at every level, from the individual to the organizational. Who and what will we be?

People from around the world share their thoughts on digital civil society, why it matters, and what makes them hopeful about it.

Lucy Bernholz lays out a vision of digital civil society and the cycles of change society has experienced as we become more dependent on digital systems.

To be more effective, foundations should challenge the norms of philanthropy that have disenfranchised organizations based on size and age.

As Rachel Smith of GlobalGiving suggests, misinformation and hate speech aren’t reserved for Facebook. Here’s how social good platforms can stay one step ahead.