RDR is raising its voice. This month, in keeping with our strategic priority to increase our visibility, we have brought two new team members on board. Ellery Roberts Biddle is our first-ever editorial director, and Aliya Bhatia joined us as our new communications officer. With
Changes are happening at RDR! Jessica Dheere, our current deputy director, will assume the role of director as of September 2020. Rebecca MacKinnon will stay on as founding director into 2021. A former journalist and prominent advocate in the digital rights field since 2008, Dheere
From friends’ status updates, to messages from political candidates, to regular old ads, what we see on the internet today is rarely left to chance. Online and on our digital devices, technology companies track our every move, collecting troves of information about us that can
Shutterstock In early 2019, RDR began the process of revising and expanding the methodology for the 2020 RDR Corporate Accountability Index to address the human rights harms associated with companies’ use of targeted advertising and algorithmic systems, and to widen our scope to include new
Hate speech. Viral disinformation campaigns. Political polarization propelled by targeted ads. Pressure is mounting on policymakers to hold internet platforms liable for these kinds of online speech. So far, most regulatory options focus on curtailing free expression in a way that could threaten protections offered
RDR is raising its voice. This month, in keeping with our strategic priority to increase our visibility, we have brought two new team members on board. Ellery Roberts Biddle is our first-ever editorial director, and Aliya Bhatia joined us as our new communications officer. With
Changes are happening at RDR! Jessica Dheere, our current deputy director, will assume the role of director as of September 2020. Rebecca MacKinnon will stay on as founding director into 2021. A former journalist and prominent advocate in the digital rights field since 2008, Dheere
From friends’ status updates, to messages from political candidates, to regular old ads, what we see on the internet today is rarely left to chance. Online and on our digital devices, technology companies track our every move, collecting troves of information about us that can
Shutterstock In early 2019, RDR began the process of revising and expanding the methodology for the 2020 RDR Corporate Accountability Index to address the human rights harms associated with companies’ use of targeted advertising and algorithmic systems, and to widen our scope to include new
Hate speech. Viral disinformation campaigns. Political polarization propelled by targeted ads. Pressure is mounting on policymakers to hold internet platforms liable for these kinds of online speech. So far, most regulatory options focus on curtailing free expression in a way that could threaten protections offered
