Cross-jurisdiction support and operating infrastructure for advocacy networks

Reset

Reset is the organizational brand named in records of support for California's design-code coalition and the UK's Online Safety Network. Its privacy notice describes shared operating infrastructure and covers multiple federated legal entities, including Reset Tech UK Limited.

Three documented roles

Omidyar's 15 September 2022 statement names Reset as a supporter of the California AB2273 coalition. Carnegie's October 2023 transition account names it as a supporter of the new Online Safety Act Network. The network's privacy notice identifies Reset as operator of its communications systems and describes an informal collaboration without formal membership. The exact entity responsible for every cost or contract is not established by those brand-level statements.

What the records show

ResetCalifornia AB2273

Acknowledged coalition support

15 Sep 2022

Named by Omidyar as supporting the coalition; no amount assigned.

ResetOnline Safety Network

notice identifies operator of website, newsletter and shared inbox

Explicit Reset operational role and shared systems/records. Informal network has no formal membership; notice federation is not a merger or proof UK company alone contracts for all costs. Tor/VPN advice and limited technical-data retention are stated policies, not verified practice.

ResetOnline Safety Network

identified as supporter in dated transition account

26October2023 statement; support period not obtained

Carnegie identifies former partner Reset as supporting new network. Historical brand attribution only; exact contracting entity, amount, host and present2026 funding unknown. No automatic merge with Australian Reset.

From the investigation

Succession and Reset support

Carnegie's26October2023 transition statement says its programme ends and Woods/Walsh continue through the new Online Safety Act Network, supported by former partner Reset. The2023 report independently says Carnegie supported development of the new network. This establishes deliberate succession of expertise and convening work after enactment, not ownership of the network or transfer of every employee/asset.

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High-information records now specified

Acquisition stopped at this coherent funding-to-output breakpoint. Root must integrate Reset's parallel return and explicitly reassess the whole case before selecting another acquisition run.

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What the 2024 accounts expose and leave unresolved

Year-end cash is GBP 40,997 in HSBC UK accounts. This identifies a banking relationship, not bank direction over advocacy. Note 7 puts GBP 1,156 receivable from Reset Tech Action gGmbH and GBP 10,743 directors' loan under debtors. The latter is owed to the company, not a director's funding contribution; individual identity and terms are not disclosed there. The named intercompany receivable is a concrete accounting relation, but does not identify all group transactions or establish parent control.

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Evidential consequence

The supported path is informal collaboration hosted through Reset's shared operating infrastructure, with identifiable UK company directors, constitutional decision rules and some group accounting relations. It is not yet a demonstrated single legal entity controlling all federated activity. The missing records with high value are the OSN operating/transition agreement, division of employer and contracting responsibilities, related-party service arrangements, member register and basis for PSC notices, plus any network budget or delegated editorial authority. Public procedures make these plausible targets but do not prove a particular document or clause exists.

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Further reading

UK model funding: money, work and remaining decision rights

Online Safety Network operator and Reset UK company records

Baseline evidence custody

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What the connections say

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Resetnotice identifies operator of website, newsletter and shared inboxOnline Safety Network

Reported by the cited source

Explicit Reset operational role and shared systems/records. Informal network has no formal membership; notice federation is not a merger or proof UK company alone contracts for all costs. Tor/VPN advice and limited technical-data retention are stated policies, not verified practice.

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