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Who has the power? The Party, the public, and Big Tech in China

When the government of China put out a draft regulation on algorithms in August, it broke ground at a global scale. The draft laid out rules and standards for tech platform recommendation algorithms like no other government has. And it surprised some, especially Western onlookers,

The RADAR: How is Big Tech doing on encryption?

This is the RADAR, Ranking Digital Rights’ newsletter. This special edition was sent on October 21, 2021. Subscribe here to get The RADAR by email. Since the Wall Street Journal’s release of the Facebook Files and the subsequent debut of whistleblower Frances Haugen in the

Cross-checking Facebook: Five Lies Revealed by Frances Haugen

Written and compiled by Alex Rochefort, Zak Rogoff, and RDR staff. The revelations of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, published in SEC filings and in the Wall Street Journal’s “Facebook Files” series, have brought forth irrefutable evidence that Facebook has repeatedly misled or lied to the

Who has the power? The Party, the public, and Big Tech in China

When the government of China put out a draft regulation on algorithms in August, it broke ground at a global scale. The draft laid out rules and standards for tech platform recommendation algorithms like no other government has. And it surprised some, especially Western onlookers,

The RADAR: How is Big Tech doing on encryption?

This is the RADAR, Ranking Digital Rights’ newsletter. This special edition was sent on October 21, 2021. Subscribe here to get The RADAR by email. Since the Wall Street Journal’s release of the Facebook Files and the subsequent debut of whistleblower Frances Haugen in the

Cross-checking Facebook: Five Lies Revealed by Frances Haugen

Written and compiled by Alex Rochefort, Zak Rogoff, and RDR staff. The revelations of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, published in SEC filings and in the Wall Street Journal’s “Facebook Files” series, have brought forth irrefutable evidence that Facebook has repeatedly misled or lied to the