Ranking Digital Rights advances corporate accountability for human rights in the digital age.

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The 2022 Telco Giants Scorecard

Telcos Deserve More Scrutiny on Digital Rights

Our inaugural Telco Giants Scorecard ranks 12 of the world’s most powerful telecom companies on their commitments to protect users’ freedom of expression and privacy rights. It reveals that telecom companies, despite being gatekeepers of the internet for most of the world, are less transparent overall and more susceptible to government demands than their Big Tech peers. Visit the Telco Giants Scorecard and our Key Findings essays to learn why.

Over the last decade, Ranking Digital Rights has laid the bedrock for corporate accountability in the tech sector by demanding transparency from both Big Tech and Telco Giants.

Companies We Rank

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.

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Transition of Ranking Digital Rights from New America to the World Benchmarking Alliance

On January 1, 2024, RDR began the next chapter of its corporate accountability work with a transition to the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA). This move will give RDR an opportunity to engage with a broader international coalition of benchmarking efforts driving systems change through the tools of corporate accountability. It will also serve as a new bridge between New America and the World Benchmarking Alliance under our shared vision of advancing a more inclusive and sustainable digital future.

The RDR Standards Story: Tracing 10 Years of RDR’s Methodology

Over the past decade, Ranking Digital Rights has established a strong reputation for holding Big Tech and Telco Giant companies accountable for upholding human rights. Many bright minds have passed through RDR’s (figurative) doors, who have made important contributions to ensuring RDR would find the

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A story of control, censorship, and state surveillance during the FIFA World Cup in Qatar

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