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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.

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Staffed by volunteers and interns, including some projects organized in partnership with the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Online Policy Group Projects

Online Community Forum (Calliope)
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.

Online Service Provider Assessment (OSPA)
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.

Online Oddities and Atrocities Museum
A visual collection of the malfunctions and bloopers of Internet blocking technology and other interesting topics.

Schools and Libraries Project
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.

Blocking Technology Analysis
Survey, test, and provide additional resources related to Internet blocking technology products, including the Why Blocking Technology Can't Work document.

Rating Systems Analysis
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.

Colocation
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.

OPG Website
Update the organizational website with the latest technologies, the most relevant content, and a graphical treatment to match.

Graphics and Promotional Materials
The development of OPG graphics and promotional materials.

Advocacy Delivery System
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
Survey and test search engines and web directories.

Online Policy Organizations Survey
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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