Despite mounting challenges, the State of Independent Technology Research report reveals powerful evidence that researchers recognize the value of mutual support and collective action. (1/3)

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Across sectors, public interest technology researchers are facing growing risks – surveillance, censorship, legal uncertainty, and inequitable funding. The conditions are often unequal across regions. (1/2)

Tech companies and other powerful actors create and exploit artificial divisions within the research community: STEM versus non-STEM researchers, academics versus journalists, university-affiliated versus independent, senior scholars versus emerging voices. (1/2)

Join us at the launch of the RAIDAR Research Hub with a conversation on Challenges to Funding Independent Internet Research.

Thursday, Oct 9, 7 PM Bangkok / 12 PM UTC
Register: asiafoundation.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (1/2)

Our new report maps the escalating threats facing public-interest tech researchers worldwide. Yet, despite systematic attacks, Coalition members are building systems of protection and care that reflect the power of collective solidarity. (1/2)

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A systematic shutdown of access to platform data has created what researchers call a “data desert.” Twitter’s free API powered 17K+ studies. CrowdTangle offered rare insight into content virality on FB. But today, that infrastructure has disappeared. Read: independenttechresearch.org/citr-report-...

The State of Independent Technology Research report maps the funding landscape for public-interest tech research – drawing on experiences from Coalition members across six continents.

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85% of independent technology researchers surveyed identify funding as their most significant challenge. (1/2)

Independent researchers, globally, are closing this gap - despite barriers and corporate secrecy. Our new report spotlights their work and why it matters. Read: independenttechresearch.org/citr-report-... (2/2)

>35 years after the Web and >20 years of social media, we still lack clarity on tech’s impact. How systems are designed, what data trains them and whether they deepen inequality remain unanswered. (1/2)

State of Independent Technology Research 2025: Power in Numbers centers voices from 6 continents — researchers navigating surveillance, censorship, resource injustice and more, through collective & coordinated action.

Read the full report: independenttechresearch.org/citr-report-2025/ (2/2)

The threats facing researchers vary significantly by geographic context, but no region appears immune from the broader pattern of increasing hostility toward critical technology research.

Repost this with what’s happening in your context. (1/2)

What else do you think we need for independent technology research to flourish?

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“When researchers with different methodological approaches, institutional contexts, and geographic perspectives unite around shared principles, they become much harder to dismiss or divide.” (1/2)

What barriers affect your research the most today? Repost/reply with your thoughts! 💭 (1/2)

Today, we’re proud to share the Coalition’s new report: The State of Independent Technology Research: Power in Numbers

It's an offering to our community and all researchers doing public interest work–a reflection of collective strength, solidarity and persistence in the face of adversity. (1/2)

✨ Spotted: Coalition members connecting IRL off the sidelines of the ICA Conference in Denver, Colorado! 😍

Here’s a snapshot of a recent meetup with J. Nathan Matias, Rebekah Tromble, Emma Briant, & Francois Heinderyckx – continuing threads from ongoing conversations at the Coalition, IRL! (1/2)

This week, German courts sent a clear message to platforms: European law protects public-interest research and those protections are enforceable.

Our members DRI and GFF challenged X’s refusal to provide DRI researchers with data access applied for under DSA 40.12, and won! ✊

Read👉 bit.ly/DRI-GFF