RDR’s Submission to the FTC on Commercial Surveillance

Photo created by Bricklay. Via Noun Project.  On November 21, RDR submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in response to its Announcement of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on commercial surveillance and data security. As we note in the submission, we commend the FTC for

Press Release: Ranking Digital Rights Launches New Research Lab

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** October 11, 2022 Contact: comms@rankingdigitalrights.org Ranking Digital Rights Launches New Research Lab to Help Global Civil Society Groups Hold Big Tech Accountable  Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) is launching the RDR Research Lab, which will serve as a learning

RDR’s Standards Are Helping Activists Hold African Telcos Responsible to Users

Orange phone booth, Central African Republic. Photo by DFID–UK Department for International Development via CC 2.0.  In November 2021, telecommunication company TIGO Tanzania was called to testify against the country’s main opposition leader, Freeman Mbowe, during a trial in which the government accused Mbowe of

RDR’s Submission to the FTC on Commercial Surveillance

Photo created by Bricklay. Via Noun Project.  On November 21, RDR submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in response to its Announcement of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on commercial surveillance and data security. As we note in the submission, we commend the FTC for

Press Release: Ranking Digital Rights Launches New Research Lab

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** October 11, 2022 Contact: comms@rankingdigitalrights.org Ranking Digital Rights Launches New Research Lab to Help Global Civil Society Groups Hold Big Tech Accountable  Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) is launching the RDR Research Lab, which will serve as a learning

RDR’s Standards Are Helping Activists Hold African Telcos Responsible to Users

Orange phone booth, Central African Republic. Photo by DFID–UK Department for International Development via CC 2.0.  In November 2021, telecommunication company TIGO Tanzania was called to testify against the country’s main opposition leader, Freeman Mbowe, during a trial in which the government accused Mbowe of