Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced they are handing out grants to organisations that they say are "improving our digital community".
The couple's Archewell Foundation announced today that it would be giving "a series of philanthropic grants" so people can "experience a better and safer world online".
In a statement on its website, Archewell says it "believes that new innovations in technology and media should strengthen our communities, empower families, restore trust in information".
But it adds: "In a relatively short period of time, the digital age has rewritten how we experience everyday life. In many ways, technology has connected us, made our lives more productive, and allowed people in every part of the world to organize for change and support communities in need.
"Yet this age has also ushered in significant consequences. We don’t trust basic information, the safety and health of our kids are at risk, civil rights and human rights are being threatened, and marginalized communities are being targeted by a barrage of hate and vitriol.
"Technology itself has far outpaced our ability to reckon with its effects, and this is only going to magnify as we enter a new generation of emerging technologies. Many of the underlying societal issues created by technology remain unaddressed.
"At Archewell Foundation, we are committed to convening, bridging, and accelerating leaders, ideas, and solutions for an online community rooted in equity, safety, participation, and belonging."
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Organisations benefitting from the grants that have previously been supported by Archewell are the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2); Color of Change, an online racial justice organisation; and URL Media, which is "network of high-performing Black and Brown owned media organisations".
The other two organisations receiving grants are Cortico’s Local Voices Network and The Institute for Rebooting Social Media at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
News of the grants come just days before Harry and Meghan travel to the Netherlands for their first trip together outside the US since they moved there two years ago.
They will be in The Hague for the 2022 Invictus Games, which Harry helped to co-found several years ago.
They aim to help aid the rehabilitation of injured or sick military personnel and veterans from across the globe, by giving them the challenge of competing in sporting events similar to the Paralympics.
It comes after The Mirror last week revealed that the couple would be followed by a Netflix documentary crew throughout the Games.
The Invictus Games was where the couple chose to make their first public appearance together almost five years ago.
