[1] The Digital Humanitarian Network’s (DHNetwork) website was launched on April 9, 2012, by co-founders Andrej Verity[2] from OCHA and Patrick Meier[3] from iRevolution.

In late 2019, DHN noted the maturation of the ability of traditional relief organizations to use modern tools, and announced that they would no longer be activating crisis response teams.

In 2013, the team included Cat Graham from Humanity Road, Kate Chapman, from Humanitarian OpenStreetMap, Luis Capelo who was a volunteer member of the StandBy Task Force and Willow Brugh from Geeks Without Bounds.

This collective action was recognised and legitimized after the Haiti earthquake when volunteer communities established a 'network of networks' with the aim of concentrating the abilities online responders on the most urgent information needs during each new emergency.

These efforts resulted in such things as rapid data collection, social media filters to augment traditional assessments, and a translation of the UNHCR Syria portal into Arabic allowing regional civilians to access normally inaccessible information.