{"slug": "technology-freedom-cooperative-to-build-infrastructure-for-human-rights-and", "title": "'Technology Freedom Cooperative' To Build Infrastructure for Human Rights and Justice Groups", "summary": "A coalition of human rights, justice, and data organizations launched the Technology Freedom Cooperative earlier this month to help nonprofits protect evidence, reduce dependence on big tech platforms, and build independent capacity to work with large language models, according to Justin Hendrix, who spoke with Maheen Khan of the Invisible Institute and Patrick Ball of HRDAG.", "body_md": "How can human rights and social justice advocates and investigators protect their data and technology infrastructure in an age of rising authoritarianism in the United States and abroad? Earlier this month, a coalition of human rights, justice, and data organizations launched the [Technology Freedom Cooperative](https://hrdag.org/2026/08/04/human-rights-organizations-launch-technology-freedom-cooperative-to-protect-critical-data-and-build-independent-ai-infrastructure/), a project designed to help nonprofit organizations protect evidence, reduce their dependence on big tech platforms, and \"build independent capacity to work with large language models.\" **Justin Hendrix** spoke to two of its members, **Maheen Khan**, director of technology at the Invisible Institute, and **Patrick Ball**, director of research at HRDAG.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/technology-freedom-cooperative-to-build-infrastructure-for-human-rights-and", "canonical_source": "https://techpolicy.press/technology-freedom-cooperative-to-build-infrastructure-for-human-rights-and-justice-groups", "published_at": "2026-08-30 13:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-30 13:22:10.536279+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Technology Freedom Cooperative", "Invisible Institute", "HRDAG", "Maheen Khan", "Patrick Ball", "Justin Hendrix"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/technology-freedom-cooperative-to-build-infrastructure-for-human-rights-and", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/technology-freedom-cooperative-to-build-infrastructure-for-human-rights-and.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/technology-freedom-cooperative-to-build-infrastructure-for-human-rights-and.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/technology-freedom-cooperative-to-build-infrastructure-for-human-rights-and.jsonld"}}