Online Policy Group Research and Development Projects
Here is a list of Online Policy Group research and development projects. Our research and projects encompass qualitative and quantitative methods and combine short and long-term research. Some projects may be useful for a wide variety of other organizations.
Staffed by volunteers and interns, including some projects
organized in partnership with the
Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Online Policy Group Projects
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Online Community Forum (Calliope)
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An online community forum that allows users to post messages, pictures, share files, and other functions with protections for the community including strong privacy protections and no commercial advertising.
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Online Service Provider Assessment (OSPA)
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Determine how fair, accurate, and inclusive online service providers are with respect to a variety of content topics and constituent communities including a goal of publishing a consumer guide to online service providers.
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Online Oddities and Atrocities Museum
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A visual collection of the malfunctions and bloopers of Internet blocking technology and other interesting topics.
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Schools and Libraries Project
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Document real-life Internet access conditions in schools and libraries to offer assistance in handling blocking technology legislative requirements and educate for effective Internet use.
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Blocking Technology Analysis
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Survey, test, and provide additional resources related to Internet blocking technology products,
including the Why Blocking Technology Can't Work document.
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Rating Systems Analysis
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Detect any systematic bias in Internet content rating systems, such as the one provided by the ICRA, including the
Why Rating Systems Can't Work document.
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Colocation
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The California Community Colocation Project (CCCP) currently provides nonprofit organizations and individuals with colocation services, that is, caretaking of computers in a secure facility in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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OPG Website
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Update the organizational website with the latest technologies, the most relevant content, and a graphical treatment to match.
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Graphics and Promotional Materials
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The development of OPG graphics and promotional materials.
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Advocacy Delivery System
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An online activism tool that permits members and supporters to respond to online alerts, automatically sending
faxes or emails to members of Congress and other alert targets.
- Search Engine Analysis
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Survey and test search engines and web directories.
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Online Policy Organizations Survey
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Survey of nonprofit organizations pursuing online policy work with a focus on
their issue and activity coverage.
Research Goals
- Derived from Mission
- Quantitative Research: empirically sound, auditible, reproducible, statistically significant, generalizable
- Qualitative Research: online community culture and customs, "field work" involving netizens, policy analysis
- Short-Term and Long-Term Research
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