Project of Global Voices. Logs & maps threats, imprisonment & killing of online writers around the world.

Maintained by NESTA (UK) links to documents, etc., on all aspects of governance of artificial intelligence around the world

London based organisation campaigning worldwide for freedom of expression & freedom of information.

International bibliographical database about censorship and freedom of expression, supported by the national Library of Norway. It currently offers references to over 50,000 works relevant to the study of historic and contemporary censorship, covering more than 30 countries.

Research outfit based at University of Toronto, looks at technology & the internet in relation to issues of privacy, security, human rights, hacking, surveillance, etc. Many interesting publications available

Established organisation championing freedom, privacy & the public interest in the electronic world, also responsible for Onlinecensorship.org which monitors the censoring activities of companies such as Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc.

Respected US organisation focusing on civil liberties & privacy in the online world.

Presents an overview of the state of democracy around the globe today. See especially its Freedom in the World comparative & historical data. Free reports online assess civil liberties and political rights, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion, both for specific countries and around the world generally. Includes its flagship Freedom in the World reports 1998- (or as dataset from 1973-) and Freedom of the Press reports 2002- (or as dataset from 1980-) and Freedom on the Net (2012 -).

Organisation concerned with attacks on musical & artistic freedom of expression. Annual global survey (2015-)

From the Open Knowledge Foundation. Compares governments efforts in making government data open & available to the public. See also
the Open Data Barometer project of the World Wide Web Foundation and Open Data for Development to assess & encourage access to government data

Statistics on governments enquiries about (and interference with) internet usage. See also Google efforts such as Project Shield and Unfiltered News.

Born in 2012, OONI is a non-profit free software project that aims to empower decentralized efforts in documenting internet censorship around the world.

Campaigns for the right to privacy across the world & against governments & companies (see its Surveillance Industry Index) that undermine this.

Founded in 1999 Scholars at Risk protects scholars experiencing threats to their lives, liberty, freedom of expression and well-being

SPIN is a collaborative initiative between researchers in the UK and beyond, focusing on the power and politics of secrecy and ignorance – at the international, state, societal and personal level.

Controversial website giving access to thousands of confidential diplomatic communications leaked by whistle blowers. Other secure sites for whistle blowers to upload classified information include the Guardian's SecureDrop and SourceSure in France

Forum aiming to bring together thinking on the interlinkages between surveillance, security, intelligence, technology, and democracy

A non-profit-making group founded in 1991, monitors the State and civil liberties in Europe. Its database offers access to thousands of articles from its publications.

Project from CELE to monitor legislative developments and track the impact on freedom of expression in Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile, Guatemala, Colombia and Paraguay

Independent research institute, established in 2018 by the Nuffield Foundation & others, with a mission to ensure that data and AI work for people and society. Numerous research reports available

UK civil liberties campaign group defending privacy and freedoms from the surveillance state. Many interesting publications

Independent monitoring body of the Home Office, its role is to encourage compliance with the surveillance camera code of practice

CRISP brings together researchers from a number of UK universities (including Essex) with interests in our surveillance socity

UK quango charged with upholding information rights in the public interest.

UK organisation campaigning for the protection of privacy and free speech online.