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FOI Fest skills session: WhatdoTheyKnow and Alaveteli
mySociety’s own Julia Cushion and Gareth Rees talk us through the basic principles of our FOI website WhatDoTheyKnow, and the open codebase that allows others to run similar websites around the…
FOI Fest skills session: Martin Rosenbaum
In this ten minute skills session from FOI Fest, longtime journalist and author of Freedom of Information: A Practical Guidebook Martin Rosenbaum shares his best tips based on usage of the Act that…
FOI Fest skills session: Maurice Frankel on the cost limit
In this ten-minute session from FOI Fest, Chief Executive of the Campaign for Freedom of Information Maurice Frankel explains how to avoid having your requests refused because of the cost limit that…
What next for FOI?
In this panel discussion from FOI Fest, participants discussed the challenges and opportunities for Freedom of Information, including how AI is increasingly a problem – but could also be a solution –…
FOI Fest – Keynote 2: David Hamilton (Scottish Information Commissioner)
In the second keynote from FOI Fest, David Hamilton, the Scottish Information Commissioner, explained current challenges, including the arrival of the AI-based request, increased levels of anger on…
FOI Fest skills session: Ben Worthy
Ben is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck College, where FOI Fest 2026 took place. In this five-minute talk, Ben shared the innovative ways in which he has used Freedom of Information to…
FOI Fest: George Greenwood’s 10 FOI tips in 10 minutes
In a session from FOI Fest, the Times’ investigation reporter George Greenwood shared his top ten tips around using FOI, in just ten minutes. Enjoy! FOI Fest was held on 19th February and was…
FOI Fest: Andreas Pavlou, OGP Independent Reporting Mechanism
In this five-minute lightning talk, Andreas Pavlou, Lead at Open Government Partnership Independent Reporting Mechanism, shares positive advances in Access to Information in countries such as the…
How Climate Emergency UK use FOI requests to make previously unseen datasets
Climate Emergency UK are mySociety’s partners in the Council Climate Action Scorecards project, which score every UK council across dozens of measures. In aggregate, the scores give councils a clear…
How FOI helped unravel the Post Office Horizon Scandal
Remember the big Post Office scandal? One person played a massive part in uncovering the evidence that eventually brought the extent of the collusion and malpractice to light. In this lightning talk…
FOI Fest: What has 21 years of FOI changed?
An expert panel discuss the current situation with FOI in the UK, and how it has shaped power and public life over the last 21 years. *** Please fill in our survey so that we can understand more…
FOI Fest Keynote 1: Warren Seddon, ICO
FOI Fest was a one-day conference that took place in London on 19th February, 2026. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be putting each session out as a separate podcast. In this keynote, Warren Seddon,…
FOI Fest: Introduction
FOI Fest was a one-day conference that took place in London on 19th February, 2026. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be putting each session out as a separate podcast. To start with, here is the…
Shifting landscapes: what we’ve learned from TICTeC – report launch
Over the past decade, mySociety has convened a global community with a shared interest in how digital tools can defend and advance democracy, via our TICTeC events and activities. This new report…
ATI Masterclass: turning requests into reporting with Fiquem Sabendo
A behind-the-scenes look at how Fiquem Sabendo uses Brazil’s FOI law to unlock data and support investigative journalism. Maria Vitória Ramos, Co-founder and Director of Fiquem Sabendo, shares how…
Networked auditors: crowdsourcing and community-led ATI
Discover how three organisations are using crowdsourcing and Access to Information laws to uncover data, monitor public projects, and drive accountability. Access to Information (ATI) is the more…
Defending democracy defenders: Cybersecurity for civic tech projects
This recording is from a TICTeC gathering on the latest techniques to help civic and pro-democracy tech projects protect their services, data and users. Across the world, websites and apps that…
From Digital Public Infrastructure to Democratic Public Infrastructure
Imagine a world where every citizen automatically receives the government grants they’re entitled to, stays informed about public consultations, and can easily contribute feedback—feedback that they…
TheyWorkForYou update: a richer view of Parliament
TheyWorkForYou aims to improve the quality of UK democracy by making more and better information available to everyone. In previous updates, we’ve expanded coverage to all the UK’s parliaments and…
Putting transparency to the test: evaluating FOI in practice
In our latest online webinar, we convened three experts to speak around the topic of how Freedom of Information works in practice – in other words, how does the law work when it comes into contact…
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