This week, the Ranking Digital Rights team is in Brussels for RightsCon, an annual conference on digital rights organized by Access Now. We are organizing and participating in several sessions and look forward to discussions with human rights and technology experts and advocates from all
People around the world increasingly rely on the internet and digitally networked devices in all aspects of their lives. But do we have a global information ecosystem in which future generations’ rights can be respected? Unfortunately, the answer is “no,” according to our research. Ranking
We are excited to announce that on March 23rd at 9:30am ET (13:30 GMT/UTC) Ranking Digital Rights will launch the 2017 Corporate Accountability Index: a ranking of 22 of the world’s most powerful telecommunications, internet, and mobile companies on their commitments and disclosed policies affecting
Last week, Ranking Digital Rights traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico for the the 11th Internet Governance Forum. The theme this year was “Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth.” In all of the workshops and panels we participated in, our message focused on a central concern: as the
Internet shutdowns are bad for human rights – as this YouTube video by RDR advocacy partner Access Now clearly illustrates, and as the UN Human Rights council asserted in a landmark resolution this past summer. Shutdowns are also bad for business. A recent paper by
This week, the Ranking Digital Rights team is in Brussels for RightsCon, an annual conference on digital rights organized by Access Now. We are organizing and participating in several sessions and look forward to discussions with human rights and technology experts and advocates from all
People around the world increasingly rely on the internet and digitally networked devices in all aspects of their lives. But do we have a global information ecosystem in which future generations’ rights can be respected? Unfortunately, the answer is “no,” according to our research. Ranking
We are excited to announce that on March 23rd at 9:30am ET (13:30 GMT/UTC) Ranking Digital Rights will launch the 2017 Corporate Accountability Index: a ranking of 22 of the world’s most powerful telecommunications, internet, and mobile companies on their commitments and disclosed policies affecting
Last week, Ranking Digital Rights traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico for the the 11th Internet Governance Forum. The theme this year was “Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth.” In all of the workshops and panels we participated in, our message focused on a central concern: as the
Internet shutdowns are bad for human rights – as this YouTube video by RDR advocacy partner Access Now clearly illustrates, and as the UN Human Rights council asserted in a landmark resolution this past summer. Shutdowns are also bad for business. A recent paper by
