Tackling targeted ads and algorithms: RDR releases methodology for 2020

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

RDR opens public consultation on draft methodology for 2020 RDR Index

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

RDR to launch report on why policy should focus on business models, not content

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

Tackling targeted ads and algorithms: RDR releases methodology for 2020

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

RDR opens public consultation on draft methodology for 2020 RDR Index

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

RDR to launch report on why policy should focus on business models, not content

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