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Causes: Censorship, Freedom of Speech & Press, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
Mission: The Online Policy Group's slogan is "One Internet With Equal Access for All." As such, we offer services such as free email, email lists, web hosting, domain registrations, colocation services, educational training, technical support, and computer refurbishing to those engaged in nonprofit projects. We receive and act on online incident reports and monitor online service providers for unfair bias, discrimination, or defamation.
Programs: *Online Policy Group projects include Internet Services, free email, email lists, web hosting, domain registrations, collocation services, educational programs, technical support, and computer refurbishing.
*Online Service Provider Assessment project, determining how fair, accurate, and inclusive online service providers such as AOL and Yahoo are with respect to a variety of content topics and constituent communities.
*SWAT teams, responding to online incidents of bias, discrimination, or defamation.
*The Online Policy Organizations Survey, focusing on issue and activity coverage; the Online Oddities and Atrocities Museum, a visual collection of the bloopers of Internet blocking technology and other topics.
*Schools and Libraries Project, documenting real-life Internet access conditions in schools and libraries, offering assistance in handling blocking technology requirements, and educating for effective Internet use.
*Blocking Technology, Rating Systems, and Search Engine Analysis, surveying, testing, and detecting any systematic bias.
The organization participates in publishing, media, and networking activities related to its mission.