Revelations about the harms of Big Tech, from misuse of customer data to social media-fueled violence, have produced a new era of scrutiny for the sector, including stronger regulation in the EU and fines for privacy violations by giants like Amazon and Meta. Many in
On January 20, Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) submitted a comment to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) expressing concerns about the organization’s proposed “model regulatory framework for the digital content platforms to secure information as a public good.” The draft will be
Back in December, our friends at secure and encrypted email service Proton Mail invited Ranking Digital Rights to be a part of their 2022 Lifetime Account Fundraiser. The Proton community was asked, in November, to select which organizations they wished to see
On December 5, we released the first-ever Telco Giants Scorecard, RDR’s evaluation of how transparent the world’s most powerful telecommunications companies are on their policies related to users’ fundamental rights, particularly freedom of expression and privacy. While digital platforms have received a great deal of
On Tuesday, a group of Amazon shareholders announced 15 proposals calling on the e-commerce giant Amazon to address a sweeping array of issues, from human rights to environmental impacts. The company’s shareholders are expected to vote on many of these proposals at the company’s annual
Revelations about the harms of Big Tech, from misuse of customer data to social media-fueled violence, have produced a new era of scrutiny for the sector, including stronger regulation in the EU and fines for privacy violations by giants like Amazon and Meta. Many in
On January 20, Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) submitted a comment to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) expressing concerns about the organization’s proposed “model regulatory framework for the digital content platforms to secure information as a public good.” The draft will be
Back in December, our friends at secure and encrypted email service Proton Mail invited Ranking Digital Rights to be a part of their 2022 Lifetime Account Fundraiser. The Proton community was asked, in November, to select which organizations they wished to see
On December 5, we released the first-ever Telco Giants Scorecard, RDR’s evaluation of how transparent the world’s most powerful telecommunications companies are on their policies related to users’ fundamental rights, particularly freedom of expression and privacy. While digital platforms have received a great deal of
On Tuesday, a group of Amazon shareholders announced 15 proposals calling on the e-commerce giant Amazon to address a sweeping array of issues, from human rights to environmental impacts. The company’s shareholders are expected to vote on many of these proposals at the company’s annual
