MySociety: Technology in the public interest

MySociety, a new project from the people behind FaxYourMP and VoxPolitics, launched today. MySociety is a foundation that supports the production of low-cost technology that is produced in the public interest:

mySociety.org will support projects that have three broad attributes:

1. Founded on electronic networks. This includes the internet, mobile and telephone networks, wireless, fax and anything related.

2. Real world impact. The projects must have an impact which is above and beyond helping users to use their computers or mobiles more efficiently. We understand that there is a degree of philosophical ambiguity here (isn't faster browsing a real life impact?), so we've developed the following list of desirable outcomes from projects…

3. Low or zero cost scalability. This is key. We are looking for projects that cost the same (or virtually the same) to run for ten or a million users. This doesn't exclude the possibility of SMS based services, but it does rule out one-on-one tuition or building a site just for your community.

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