Digital Action

General Information

Identification Code: 489296438914-72

Website: https://digitalaction.co/

Entity Form: Temporary established project

Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

Registration Date: 7/13/2020

Last Update: 5/9/2024

Mission & Interests

Goals: In a thriving democracy, people can form and contest ideas online, free from exploitation, manipulation, discrimination, and harassment. Yet the spread of mis- and dis-information online shows the risks that the current design and governance of the online information ecosystem can pose to the health of individuals, society, and democracy. Digital Action’s contribution is to unlock civil society collaboration so it builds shared ideas and collective strength that transform the digital world. We also have a particular focus on the global equity crisis in tech accountability, whereby weak global governance rules as well as poor safeguarding by social media platforms allow the largely unrestricted flow of disinformation, hate speech and abuse in many parts of the world. We seek solutions to this crisis, through building connections between civil society, policymakers and stakeholders in the EU and other major regions.

Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests

Interests:

Digital economy and society
Foreign affairs and security policy
International co-operation and development
Justice and fundamental rights

Levels of Interest:

global
european
national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Digital Action targets policies in relation to Sharing Europe's Digital future. In particular, it has acted in collaboration with partners to coordinate research and policy development in relation to the Digital Services Act, and European Democracy Action Plan.

Communication Activities: Digital Action is currently focused on the protection from social media harms of the 2024 European elections, and other global elections taking place in 2024. Our campaign website is www.yearofdemocracy.org Digital Action is part of People vs Big Tech https://peoplevsbig.tech/

Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 1199 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 300Global Impact

Post Code: 22314

City: Alexandria, VA

Country: UNITED STATES

Phone:

Indic Phone: 44

Phone Number: 7896350370

EU Office

Address: 1199 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 300Global Impact

Post Code: 22314

City: Alexandria, VA

Country: UNITED STATES

Phone:

Indic Phone: 44

Phone Number: 7896350370

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Other Source Info: Digital Action was supported in 2023 by grants from John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation and Luminate Foundation

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Total Budget: 640033

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 1

Members: 1

Members F T E: 0.10000000149011612

Info Members: As per the Transparency Register Implementing Guidelines (26/06/2020), we have rounded up to the nearest applicable percentage block, and are clarifying our accurate staff time on register covered activities in this text box. We estimate 5% of 1 person's working time is spent on activities covered by the register.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure

Is Member Of: Digital Action does not have members. We work informally with a variety of civil society partners, a full list of which can be found in the list of signatories to this declaration we helped to establish: https://www.peoplesdeclaration.net/ and https://yearofdemocracy.org/members-and-supporters/

Organisation Members: Digital Action receives fiscal sponsorship from a 501(c)(3) public charity, based in the US.