TEDIC

What TEDIC does

TEDIC (Tecnología y Comunidad) is a Paraguayan non-profit civil society organization founded in 2012 and headquartered in Asunción, with a core team of approximately 13 employees. It conducts legal, technical, and political analysis of internet regulation and defends human rights in digital environments, with a transversal focus on gender equality and intersecting inequalities. Its activities span five operational areas: digital labor and platform economy, disruptive technologies and civic participation, privacy and personal data, freedom of expression and free culture, and gender and digital inclusion.

The organization operates a portfolio of open-source civic technology platforms and content properties. Observatorio Antipyrawebs maps initiatives affecting digital rights at local and regional levels. Defensores is a web and mobile platform for registering torture cases in police stations and penitentiaries, used by Paraguayan public defenders. El Avizor is a georeferenced reporting tool for electoral code violations. Mente en Línea publishes mental health resources for the digital age. TEDIC also produces podcast series (Cyborg Feministas, Fracasitos Digitales, Ñe'ê ñembohasa), runs the annual Bootcamp Derechos Humanos y Tecnología, coordinates Fairwork Paraguay evaluations of gig platforms, and operates campaigns including Con Mi Cara No (facial recognition), Mis Datos Mis Derechos (data protection), Libres y Segures en Internet (women/LGBTQ+ digital safety), and Stop Killer Robots.

The business model is grant-funded non-profit operations: revenue is sourced from international institutional donors and foundations (notably the European Union, Diakonía, Amnesty International Paraguay, and Meta's Trusted Partner program), supplemented by research and advocacy output. All training, workshops, and platform access are provided free of charge to activists, journalists, human rights defenders, civil society organizations, and the general public in Paraguay. Distribution occurs through direct community engagement, partnerships with NGOs, universities (Universidad Nacional del Este), and 20+ international networks including Fairwork, the Global Network Initiative, Codehupy, and the Wikimedia Regional Grants Committee.

Name

TEDIC

Legal name

TEDIC – Tecnología y Comunidad

Website

https://tedic.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Short description

TEDIC is a Paraguayan non-profit founded in 2012 that defends human rights in digital environments, operating open-source civic technology platforms, advocacy campaigns, and training programs for activists, journalists, and civil society across Paraguay and Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

akta.pro primary industry

Democracy, Human Rights & Governance Assistance (BPADABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance (BPADAEAL)

Keywords

• Digital rights advocacy
• Civic technology tools
• Human rights NGO
• Data protection research
• Digital security training

Headquarters

HQ city

Asunción

HQ country

Paraguay

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. International Foundation Funding: TEDIC operates as a non-profit organization funded primarily through grants and funding from international organizations, foundations, and development agencies. The organization is part of more than 20 international and national networks dedicated to human rights defense from a technological approach.
2. EU/International Donor Programs: Funding from the European Union (e.g., Bootcamp program), Diakonía, and other international development partners supporting specific projects and programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

TEDIC is a Paraguayan non-profit civil society organization that defends and promotes human rights in digital environments. It conducts research, policy advocacy, strategic litigation support, digital security training, and community empowerment programs for activists, journalists, and civil society organizations. The organization also develops open-source civic technology tools for monitoring digital rights, documenting violations, and protecting vulnerable communities.

Product overview

TEDIC (Tecnología y Comunidad) is a Paraguayan human rights NGO, not a commercial technology company. Its offerings consist of advocacy campaigns (Con Mi Cara No, Mis Datos Mis Derechos, Stop Killer Robots), civic technology tools (Observatorio Antipyrawebs, Defensores platform, El Avizor), educational programs (Bootcamp Derechos Humanos y Tecnología, online courses like Libres y Segures en Internet), research publications (¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos?, Fairwork Paraguay reports), podcasts (Cyborg Feministas, Fracasitos Digitales, Ñe'ê ñembohasa), and the Mente en Línea mental health platform. These are initiatives for digital rights advocacy and awareness, not commercial software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cyborg Feministas: A virtual space exploring the intersection of gender and technology, seeking to recover a democratic internet through articles, projects, resources, and audio capsules addressing AI, discrimination in technology, and gender inequalities in digital spaces.
• Con mi Cara No
• Mis Datos, Mis Derechos
• Mente en Línea
• Libres y Segures en Internet
• La Violencia Digital es Real
• Bootcamp Derechos Humanos y Tecnología
• Stop Killer Robots
• Fairwork Paraguay
• Radio Cyborg

Products and services

• Observatorio Antipyrawebs (Anti-Pyrawebs Observatory) An open online repository that maps initiatives affecting people's rights on the internet at local and regional levels, allowing monitoring of privacy, freedom of expression, copyright, net neutrality, cybersecurity, and gender issues. It is used by researchers, journalists, policymakers, and civil society advocates.
• Defensores Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 51 research studies conducted over 10 years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026Joint petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) regarding facial recognition surveillance transparency in Paraguay. Collaboration on digital rights advocacy and policy work.
• Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026Joint petition to CIDH with EFF and TEDIC regarding state use of facial recognition technology without transparency, seeking regional precedent for AI and biometric surveillance accountability.
• Amnesty International ParaguaycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Partnership for the Bootcamp Derechos Humanos y Tecnología program. Amnesty International Paraguay serves as host for the closing ceremony and certificate delivery of the annual bootcamp training program for human rights activists.
• DiakoníacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Development organization providing support for the Bootcamp Derechos Humanos y Tecnología program, contributing to the funding and implementation of the human rights and technology training initiative.
• Fairwork (International Research Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTEDIC is a member of Fairwork since 2021, a global research-action project evaluating labor conditions in platform economies across 40+ countries. TEDIC coordinates Fairwork Paraguay evaluations of platforms like Uber, Bolt, MUV, and PedidosYa.
• Wikimedia FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership for information sovereignty dialogues with journalists and communicators. Joint activities on AI and knowledge preservation, open knowledge projects, and digital rights advocacy.
• Meta Inc. (Trusted Partner)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTEDIC became Meta's trusted partner in 2023, enabling rapid response to cybersecurity threats affecting human rights defenders. Services include account recovery, content removal, identity protection, and sensitive information security.
• Coalición de Datos PersonalesflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition that TEDIC co-founded and leads, bringing together organizations, companies, and individuals to advocate for comprehensive personal data protection legislation in Paraguay. Successfully achieved passage of Law 7593/2025.
• Universidad Nacional del Este (UNE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation agreement with the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences for democracy and technology workshops, joint research on electronic voting, and academic activities in Ciudad del Este.
• Alma CívicacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organized Táva Apo bootcamp and collaboration on Americas Regional Forum 2026. Joint activities on civic technology and democratic participation strengthening.
• Global InfanciacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for digital safety workshops for women human rights defenders and activists, focusing on online threats and digital protection strategies.
• Kuña PotyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal organization in Ciudad del Este for potential collaboration on gender and technology actions, exploring new forms of partnership from local realities.
• Centro Cultural de EspañaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint film screening event (Soy Nevenka) for International Women's Day activities, contributing to discussions on harassment and political violence against women.
• Movimiento Estudiantil CreemosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent movement partnership for digital security workshop for journalism students in training, conducted with Filo al Aire radio station.
• R3D (Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales - México)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional collaboration on facial recognition in stadiums project, co-organizing panel at CryptoRave 2025 in São Paulo on surveillance technology in sports venues.
• Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos del Paraguay (Codehupy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTEDIC is part of Codehupy, contributing annual digital rights reports to the Human Rights Annual Report for the eighth consecutive year.
• Global Network Initiative (GNI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTEDIC is a member of GNI, contributing to AI governance discussions as part of the MAP.IA coalition led by CCG Delhi.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• R3D (Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales): A Mexican civil society organization focused on digital rights, privacy, and freedom of expression from a human rights perspective. Closest direct peer to TEDIC: similar thematic mandate, comparable civic technology outputs, and active regional coordination on surveillance and biometric issues (e.g., stadium facial recognition panel at CryptoRave 2025).
• Karisma Foundation: Colombian NGO working at the intersection of human rights, gender, and digital technologies. Direct peer operating a near-identical model: research, advocacy, civic tech tools, and training for activists and journalists in Latin America.
• Derechos Digitales: Latin American network organization dedicated to the defense and promotion of human rights in digital environments. Operates as a regional coordinator of digital rights groups, making it a direct peer and frequent collaborator with TEDIC across the region.
• InternetLab: Brazilian academic research center producing empirical studies on digital rights, internet regulation, and platform governance. Directly comparable as a Latin American digital rights research producer with policy advocacy outputs similar to TEDIC's investigative work.
• Coding Rights: Brazilian organization that bridges gender, human rights, and technology with research and advocacy outputs. Strong thematic overlap with TEDIC's gender + technology mandate, especially the feminist and decolonial framing of digital rights.

Broad incumbents

• Access Now: Global digital rights organization operating the RightsCon platform, which has formally recognized TEDIC's leadership (RightsCon Heroína 2015). Functions as a broad incumbent convening the same civil society ecosystem across more geographies and a wider portfolio than TEDIC.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): Premier U.S.-based digital rights organization that is an active litigation partner of TEDIC (joint CIDH petition, 2026). A broad incumbent whose surveillance, privacy, and free expression work directly overlaps with TEDIC's portfolio at greater scale and resource depth.
• ARTICLE 19: Global freedom of expression organization with offices across Latin America. Operates overlapping advocacy and strategic litigation mandates on digital rights, including work on surveillance, online speech, and platform accountability that mirrors TEDIC's thematic focus.
• Privacy International: U.K.-based NGO focused on surveillance, data exploitation, and privacy rights globally. Functions as a broader incumbent in the same advocacy ecosystem, with comparable investigative methods and policy interventions on state and corporate surveillance.

Emerging players

• Witness: Global NGO using video and technology to support human rights defenders. Partial overlap with TEDIC's mission around digital security and capacity-building for activists, with a distinctive focus on visual evidence that complements TEDIC's open-source civic tech work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/tedicpy
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCMxOaxseyN5tcofJ0R1S8Zw
• Facebookfacebook.com/tedicpy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tedicpy
• Instagraminstagram.com/tedicpy
• TikToktiktok.com/@tedicpy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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