Fundacion Via Libre

Name

Fundacion Via Libre

Legal name

Fundación Vía Libre

Website

https://vialibre.org.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Rights Advocacy and AI Ethics Research

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Digital rights advocacy
• AI ethics research
• Privacy policy
• Intellectual property rights
• Civil society organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Córdoba

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grants and Donations: Fundación Vía Libre operates primarily through funding from international foundations and donors. The organization receives support from organizations including Ford Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Luminate Foundation, Arcadia Fund, New Venture Fund, Data Empowerment Fund, FAIR Network, and IDRC through Derechos Digitales. These funders support the foundation's mission-focused work on digital rights, AI ethics, and technology policy research.
2. Institutional Partnerships: The foundation maintains institutional relationships with academic partners including FAMAF (UNC), UBA, UDESA, and international research institutions. These partnerships provide both intellectual collaboration and potential co-funding for specific research initiatives and programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Fundación Vía Libre is an Argentine non-profit civil society organization that conducts policy research, advocacy, and capacity-building to defend fundamental rights in the digital environment. Its core offerings include free annual publications (Anuario/Yearbook), thematic research reports on surveillance and privacy (Alerta Spyware, El Estado de los Datos), the community-built HESEIA dataset and LACES methodology for evaluating social biases in large language models, AI literacy training programs for educators, and the El Bestiario de Internet podcast on digital rights and culture.

Product overview

Fundación Vía Libre is a non-profit foundation dedicated to defending fundamental rights in the digital environment. Rather than a commercial product company, the organization operates through advocacy, research publications, educational programs, and collaborative projects. Their portfolio includes annual reports (Anuario/Yearbook), specialized research reports on surveillance and privacy (Alerta Spyware, The State of Data), academic datasets (HESEIA), and public education initiatives including the 'El Bestiario de Internet' podcast. The organization's technical work focuses on AI ethics research, bias evaluation in language models, and promoting critical understanding of technology's impact on human rights.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• El Bestiario de Internet: Podcast series about myths and stories of the digital era, discussing technology, internet, and digital rights topics

Products and services

• El Bestiario de Internet Podcast Podcast series that explores myths and misconceptions about internet and digital technology through expert conversations on privacy, AI, misinformation, and digital culture, freely available to general audiences.
• HESEIA Dataset Community-based dataset of 46,499 sentences used for evaluating social biases in large language models, capturing intersectional biases across multiple demographic axes and school subjects; produced collaboratively with Latin American high-school teachers and students.
• LACES Research Project Adaptive data collection methodology and research project for collaborative evaluation of stereotypes in Latin American communities, developing culturally grounded bias assessment methods for language models.
• Anuario (Yearbook) Annual publication documenting Fundación Vía Libre's activities, research findings, and advocacy positions on digital rights, AI ethics, privacy, and technology policy, available as a free PDF download with archives going back to 2020.
• Alerta Spyware Report Joint analytical report on the risks of spyware use in Argentina, produced with CELS, Democracia en Red, and O.D.I.A., alerting about state surveillance vulnerabilities and weaknesses in the country's digital ecosystem.
• El Estado de los Datos (The State of Data) Report Analytical dossier examining the Argentine state's data collection and processing capabilities, regulatory frameworks around data protection, and citizen privacy risks arising from government technology deployment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trained 1,500 teachers in AI tools through partnership with Córdoba Ministry of Education and FAMAF
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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AI maturity

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AI capability5 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• FAMAF (UNC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaculty of Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science at National University of Córdoba serves as the foundation's 'second home.' Provides research collaboration, student involvement, and infrastructure for AI ethics work.
• CELS (Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing collaboration on human rights and surveillance issues. Co-authored Spyware Warning report. Joint legal advocacy on facial recognition systems.
• Democracia en RedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Spyware Warning report analyzing risks of spyware deployment in Argentina. Joint advocacy on surveillance and digital rights.
• O.D.I.A.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Spyware Alert coalition analyzing weaknesses in Argentina's surveillance ecosystem and risks of spyware use for political persecution.
• WIPOcoreOthersAccredited as Observer to World Intellectual Property Organization since 2007. Participates in Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. Part of A2K Coalition.
• A2K Coalition (Alliance for Fair Access to Knowledge)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLatin American Alliance for Fair Access to Knowledge coalition. Foundation actively participates in WIPO negotiations through this alliance.
• fAIr NetworkmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork supporting feminist approaches to AI development. Foundation contributes expertise and supports new projects.
• UDESAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversidad de San Andrés - Director Beatriz Busaniche serves as adjunct professor.
• UBAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversidad de Buenos Aires - Director Beatriz Busaniche serves as professor.
• RightsCon / AccessNowmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipated in RightsCon 2021 10th anniversary with multiple sessions and events. Active in global digital rights community.
• Citizen LabmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLuis Fernando García participated as speaker at regional roundtable on state surveillance technologies organized by foundation and partners.
• HiperderechomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLucía León from Hiperderecho participated as speaker at regional roundtable on state surveillance technologies.
• Social TicmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPaul Aguilar from Social Tic participated as speaker at regional roundtable on state surveillance technologies.
• ACL (Association for Computational Linguistics)coreOthersParticipating in ACL 2026 conference in San Diego presenting paper on adaptive data collection for Latin American stereotype evaluation. Guido Ivetta represents foundation.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Derechos Digitales: Latin American digital rights non-profit headquartered in Chile with a similar advocacy, policy research, and AI ethics mandate. Directly comparable as a sibling organization in the same geography, sometimes a partner (via IDRC funding flows) and sometimes a competitor for the same donor pool.
• Hiperderecho: Peruvian digital rights non-profit focused on technology policy, surveillance, and free expression. Comparable on regional civil society model and digital rights advocacy, with similar small-team constraints.
• Karisma Foundation: Colombian digital rights foundation working on privacy, free expression, and AI policy. Comparable on regional presence, civil society model, and donor ecosystem, serving as a peer Latin American sister organization.
• Social Tic: Mexican digital rights non-profit working on digital security, surveillance, and freedom of expression. Comparable on regional civil society model and co-sponsored a regional spyware roundtable with Vía Libre.

Direct peers

• CELS (Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales): Argentine human rights organization that co-authored the Alerta Spyware report with Vía Libre. Comparable on human rights advocacy, surveillance research, and Argentina domestic policy engagement.
• Access Now: Global digital rights organization running RightsCon and engaging on AI governance, privacy, and surveillance. Closely comparable on mission, advocacy channels, and donor base, with substantially larger scale.
• Citizen Lab: University of Toronto research center that produces spyware and surveillance investigations, including the work that informed Vía Libre's Alerta Spyware report. Directly comparable on research methodology and surveillance policy focus.

Broad incumbents

• Mozilla Foundation: Major digital rights and internet health foundation that is both a donor and a peer in AI ethics and trustworthy AI. Comparable on mission and outputs, though structurally a much larger funder and ecosystem actor.
• ARTICLE 19: Global freedom of expression organization engaging on technology policy and digital rights. Comparable on international advocacy and freedom of expression work, with a broader global footprint.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): Largest U.S. digital rights NGO with overlapping themes around AI bias, privacy, IP, and free expression. Comparable on mission and outputs, but vastly larger scale and longer funding history.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCGLGjejhwZflQtaCb4RSHLQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundaci%C3%B3n-via-libre
• Instagraminstagram.com/fvialibre

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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