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Probably the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Internet civil liberties.
I think that they've done some really helpful things by throwing resources and legal or technical expertise at the right place where often there isn't another organization that would address the issue. Stuff like privacy or security issues online where no one entity stands to really benefit strongly enough from a fix to get involved, and they have the technical chops to make correct statements. When they make recommendations, I'd call them reputable and objective, someone who I'd generally trust. They've helped shape the Internet as it became a mainstream element of human society in ways that I'd call positive.
They're US-centric (that is, they don't just do the US, but do have a US focus). In the EU, EDRi is a little similar.
It looks like in the UK, the Open Rights Group may be analogous, but I haven't read enough of their material to have an opinion on them.