Every year, we evaluate 26 of the world’s most powerful digital platforms and telecom companies on how well they uphold the human rights that are fundamental to our dignity and democracy.
Save the date! RDR’s Telco Giants Scorecard is coming soon. Our set of telco rankings will launch on December 5, featuring our evaluations of 12 telecommunication companies’ published policies and their effects on people’s human rights. The companies we rank cover ten countries, with subsidiaries
Photo created by Bricklay. Via Noun Project. On November 21, RDR submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in response to its Announcement of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on commercial surveillance and data security. As we note in the submission, we commend the FTC for
It’s been less than one month since Twitter officially became the plaything of billionaire Elon Musk. In that time, the company that topped our 2022 Scorecard has gone a long way toward unraveling much of the work that recently earned it our top spot. In
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** October 11, 2022 Contact: comms@rankingdigitalrights.org Ranking Digital Rights Launches New Research Lab to Help Global Civil Society Groups Hold Big Tech Accountable Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) is launching the RDR Research Lab, which will serve as a learning
Today we formally launch the RDR Research Lab, a new resource that guides digital rights researchers through the process of designing, executing, and promoting research on platform accountability anywhere in the world, using RDR’s methodology and standards.
In this conversation, RDR’s Leandro Ucciferri and Aliya Bhatia speak with Roya Pakzad and Melody Kazemi about Iran’s government-led startup boom, the localization efforts that threaten users’ rights, and the unique role that the diaspora plays in advocating for digital rights.
Photo by Dying Regime via CC 2.0 The dramatic growth in the use and availability of mobile broadband in South and Southeast Asia has meant unprecedented access to new tools like email, messaging apps, and social media for the region’s human rights defenders. But, despite
Since our last Radar, policymakers and advocates on both sides of the Atlantic have achieved key milestones in the effort to bring accountability to Big Tech. In July, the European Parliament adopted the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), two landmark
Orange phone booth, Central African Republic. Photo by DFID–UK Department for International Development via CC 2.0. In November 2021, telecommunication company TIGO Tanzania was called to testify against the country’s main opposition leader, Freeman Mbowe, during a trial in which the government accused Mbowe of
In this conversation, RDR’s Global Partnerships Manager Leandro Ucciferri and Senior Editor Sophia Crabbe-Field speak with Jenni Olson, the Senior Director of Social Media Safety at GLAAD, the national LGBTQ media advocacy organization, which campaigns on behalf of LGBTQ people in film, television, and print
