Ranking Digital Rights stands in solidarity with digital rights defenders affected by the cancellation of RightsCon 2026, which was scheduled to be hosted in Lusaka, Zambia. We unequivocally condemn the Zambian government’s unilateral decision to “postpone” the event at the eleventh hour. This move, which
Imagine a social media service removing a journalist’s reporting on social protests at the behest of an authoritarian government. Or a platform allowing the rampant spread of disinformation from public authorities to suit their political narrative. Perhaps a telecommunication operator regularly providing user data from
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** April 28, 2025 Amsterdam, 28 April 2025 — Despite growing threats to users’ rights online and the explosion of generative AI, the world’s largest tech giants are still failing to create the guardrails needed to protect the rights of billions of
Photo by ev on Unsplash. In 2022, as part of our effort to expand corporate accountability in the Majority World under the auspices of the Greater Internet Freedom Consortium, we partnered with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) to collaborate on a research project using
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
Ranking Digital Rights stands in solidarity with digital rights defenders affected by the cancellation of RightsCon 2026, which was scheduled to be hosted in Lusaka, Zambia. We unequivocally condemn the Zambian government’s unilateral decision to “postpone” the event at the eleventh hour. This move, which
Imagine a social media service removing a journalist’s reporting on social protests at the behest of an authoritarian government. Or a platform allowing the rampant spread of disinformation from public authorities to suit their political narrative. Perhaps a telecommunication operator regularly providing user data from
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** April 28, 2025 Amsterdam, 28 April 2025 — Despite growing threats to users’ rights online and the explosion of generative AI, the world’s largest tech giants are still failing to create the guardrails needed to protect the rights of billions of
Photo by ev on Unsplash. In 2022, as part of our effort to expand corporate accountability in the Majority World under the auspices of the Greater Internet Freedom Consortium, we partnered with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) to collaborate on a research project using
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
