Digital Action
Budget
€640,033
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
0.1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & 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.
EU Legislative Interests
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/
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Digital Action receives fiscal sponsorship from a 501(c)(3) public charity, based in the US.
Organisation Members
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/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.