Ed Bice is the founder of Meedan. Meedan runs a for-profit social technology design and development consultancy and an NGO focused on tools and trainings for global journalists. With offices in San Francisco, Vancouver, and Cairo, Meedan’s initial work has focused on English and Arabic internet communities. This work includes Check (http://meedan.com/check/), a collaborative fact-checking platform journalists, and Bridge (http://meedan.com/bridge/) a social media translation platform.