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“RDR’s comprehensive, multi-disciplinary methodology sets a gold standard for the fact-finding required to assess the human rights impact of the companies that create, manage and facilitate vast digital networks and spaces.”
— David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
OUR MISSION: Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) works to promote freedom of expression and privacy on the internet by creating global standards and incentives for companies to respect and protect users’ rights.
We do this by ranking the world’s most powerful internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies on relevant commitments and policies, based on international human rights standards. We work with companies as well as advocates, researchers, investors, and policymakers to establish and advance global standards for corporate accountability.
OUR INDEX: The 2019 RDR Corporate Accountability Index, released in May 2019, ranked 24 companies on their disclosed commitments, policies, and practices affecting the freedom of expression and privacy of internet users across the world.
OUR VISION: An internet that supports and sustains human rights.
Governments have a duty to protect human rights – a duty that many states around the world are failing to meet. Yet their failure does not diminish the responsibility of companies to respect human rights. In fact, government failures make corporate responsibility even more important. Companies can be part of a worsening problem, or they can design and operate their technologies and businesses in a manner that protects and respects human rights. They must be transparent and accountable about how their digital platforms, services, and devices affect users’ human rights, especially privacy and expression.
