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Blog: Introducing the Participatory AI Network

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Participatory AI Research Network How can community organizers, journalists, nonprofits, and academics partner with the public to develop evidence to improve people’s digital lives? That’s the motivating question behind a new community of practice at the Coalition for Independent Technology Research.  Part of the Coalition’s purpose is to support community efforts at growing the movement … Continue reading Blog: Introducing the Participatory AI Network

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CITR Challenges US Government Censorship Policy Threatening Deportation for Work on Social Media Platforms and Online Harms

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The Coalition for Independent Technology Research filed a lawsuit today in partnership with the Knight First Amendment Institute and Protect Democracy, challenging the US government’s Censorship Policy that unconstitutionally targets noncitizen researchers, fact-checkers, and trust and safety workers for visa denials, revocations, detention, and deportation based on their work researching and reporting on social media … Continue reading CITR Challenges US Government Censorship Policy Threatening Deportation for Work on Social Media Platforms and Online Harms

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CITR Joins in Filing Amicus Brief to Protect Independent Research from Retaliatory Investigations

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The Coalition for Independent Technology Research has joined nonprofit media, research, and advocacy organizations in filing an amicus brief in Media Matters for America v. Federal Trade Commission. The brief addresses a broader concern that extends beyond any single organization: the growing use of investigations in ways that risk undermining independent technology research and public-interest … Continue reading CITR Joins in Filing Amicus Brief to Protect Independent Research from Retaliatory Investigations

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Camaraderie and Solidarity in Berlin

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Independent Technology Researchers’ Summit 2025 This September, 70 coalition members and allies gathered in Berlin to connect and learn from one another, and to strategize how we advance the field of independent technology research.  Our goal was to design a two-day experience that would empower researchers from across the globe to build collaborations, discuss obstacles … Continue reading Camaraderie and Solidarity in Berlin