Why the social change industry needs its own tech stack

Armillaria has been quiet here, but expect to see more from us on all things #impacttech as 2025 gets underway.

First up: the recent decision by Meta to do away with fact checking and now its commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion are a vivid illustration why the #socialchange sector needs purpose built tech. So many NGOs and social enterprises fall victim to the lure of free access to Facebook for Business and the rest of them, and now they are part and parcel of the misinformation machine that is perpetrating many of the very social, economic and environmental problems they are dedicated to combating. 🤦🏼‍♀️

That’s cognitive dissonance of the highest order, and the social change industry is loooooong overdue to invest in its own tech stack that won’t be compromised by leadership kowtowing to authoritarian rulers.