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Doing good with technology from our base in Silicon Valley! Check out our open source projects Aselo and Terraso.
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Joined March 2019
Delighted to announce that we are now an independent #TechForGood nonprofit with our own board and 501c3 charitable status in the U.S. Thanks so much to our supporters and @Benetech for fiscally sponsoring us!.#techforgood #SocEnt.
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Tech Matters, a tech-for-good organization focused on bringing the power of tech to social change leaders, is now a new independent nonprofit
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We're honored to be developing open source tools as part of the Technology Tools part of this 10M round of grants. Our Aselo project is planning to work on practical applications of AI for helplines spanning North America, the Caribbean and Africa.
👏 Congratulations to our 23 new grantees awarded USD 10M to tackle digital harms!. With these strategic investments, Safe Online continues to lead the fight against online threats to children, promoting safety in the digital space. #SafeOnline .
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Join @SafeOnlineFund for an X chat with @TechMatters and 22 other grantees who received $10 million for innovative projects to combat digital threats. Starts in an hour!. 📅 Date: June 26, 2024.⏰ Time: 9am EST (3pm CET).#DigitalSafety #SafeOnline
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RT @FfwdOrg: “you’re actually using [AI] to help people instead of making everyone terrified. So please, tell us more about using AI for go….
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Talking Points' Heejae Lim talks about improving student outcomes through tech-driven family engagement, leveraging data and AI.
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Great to see our own Steve Francis (@SteveF4Good) getting published by Forbes on why we do what we do on #TechForGood.
I don't write much (and had lots of help), so reading this is a unique opportunity: "How Open-Source Software Empowers Nonprofits and the Global Communities They Serve" via @forbes @DigiDem @digitalgreenorg @kobotoolbox @Benetech @TechMatters.
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RT @AgencyFund: 🌟 Grantee spotlight: We were so excited to see our partners @TechMatters launch the Better Deal for Data coalition. The Be….
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RT @JimFruchterman: It was so much fun talking about data and AI last week at the #SkollWF. Thanks to the @SkollFoundation for this fun cli….
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RT @podbible: Pod Bible x @TheLowerStreet Recommended Podcast. @TechMatters. @JimFruchterman spreads the word about the work of some of the….
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Seeing that tech benefits all of humanity, not just the richest 10%, is key to our mission at Tech Matters. Check out the @TechMatters podcast, hosted by our founder, @JimFruchterman, as he interviews top leaders in the nonprofit #TechForGood field!.
Tune into @TechMatters where tech & social good unite. Hosted by @JimFruchterman, you'll gain insights from transformative social impact organizations. Discover how technology is used to challenge global issues while ensuring software design puts people first. #podcastdelivery
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RT @PJMFnd: Earlier today, PJMF President @vilasdhar joined @ruankeyun and @davidjonesOYW at #OYW23 to discuss the role of civil society an….
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RT @JimFruchterman: The @paloaltoweekly just published my bittersweet farewell to @Benetech's offices after two decades spent on California….
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As my nonprofit Benetech leaves the California Avenue office space it's called home for 20 years, the bittersweet milestone has made me think back about the change I’ve seen over time in the Palo...
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Not a fan of #WORLDCOIN. "No, the company using orbs to scan your eyeballs does not have your best interest at heart." .The Weirdest Project happening in the Tech World right now
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No, the company using orbs to scan your eyeballs does not have your best interest at heart
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RT @okta: .@TechMatters supports nonprofits with software & data. 📈 Discover Aselo, their cloud-based contact center platform, powering chi….
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Joan Mellea and I wrote a piece 5 years ago about this going on (AI discriminating against job applicants). This one is a basic age discrimination suit, but more are coming! .Tutoring firm settles US agency's first bias lawsuit involving AI software
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A China-based tutoring company has agreed to settle a U.S. government agency's novel lawsuit claiming it used hiring software powered by artificial intelligence to illegally weed out older job...
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RT @JimFruchterman: I really enjoyed this short book which explains why laws against tinkering are not good for (almost all of) humanity!.I….
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A modern fairy tale that conveys the joy of tinkering and calls for self-determined use of software.
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RT @JimFruchterman: This pilot is really important to @Aselo_org and @TechMatters: if this works well in India, we hope to expand it to oth….
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Through Aselo®, Tech Matters continues to innovate to enable child helpline counselors address growing online threats.
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RT @JimFruchterman: The UN is conducting an online survey of children and young people all over the world about online safety. Spread the w….
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Our founder, @JimFruchterman, is doing this TwitterChat right now with the #SafeOnline team at the @GPtoEndViolence (against children). Talking about the issues facing kids online.
Online #CSEA is growing at an alarming rate with @MissingKids receiving 32 million reports in 2022 (up from 29 million in 2021) of suspected CSAM from all over the world. We are starting TwitterChat to tackle online child sexual exploitation and abuse #SafeOnlineNow!
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RT @land_scale: 💭 Have you heard of Terraso? Launched recently by @1000_Landscapes and @TechMatters, Terraso enables landscape leaders to a….
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Supporting locally-led landscape collaborations
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We're proud to be part of this new investment round from #SafeOnline. We'll be focusing on the complex challenge of repeat callers for child helplines as part of our @Aselo_org platform for crisis response helplines.
Meet the winners of #SafeOnline’s new Investment Round!. These 8 projects will lead to game-changing evidence, applications and learning, and build on six years of earlier investments in countries across the world. Link: #SafeOnlineNow
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