RDR and Access Now pushed tech companies to adopt one human rights recommendation each. Here’s how they responded. India’s Jammu and Kashmir region has seen 55 internet shutdowns so far in 2019. These shutdowns, often triggered by conflict on the ground, have left residents unable
Earlier this year, we began a process of expanding the RDR Index methodology to address human rights harms associated with companies’ targeted advertising policies and practices, and for their use and development of algorithmic decision-making systems. Today, we are thrilled to publish draft indicators and
New support helps add depth to senior management and raise visibility RDR is growing! Since 2015, four iterations of the RDR Corporate Accountability Index have made a clear impact on some of the world’s most powerful internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies. Many have improved disclosures,
Governments committed to a free and open internet must do more than sign statements to ensure that the internet supports and sustains human rights for future generations. This week, world leaders descended on New York City for the UN General Assembly’s annual debate. While issues
Since the publication of the inaugural Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index in 2015, digital rights advocates in non-English-speaking contexts have asked for versions of our materials in their language. Early on, in 2015 and 2017, we provided Spanish translations, and last year we expanded
RDR and Access Now pushed tech companies to adopt one human rights recommendation each. Here’s how they responded. India’s Jammu and Kashmir region has seen 55 internet shutdowns so far in 2019. These shutdowns, often triggered by conflict on the ground, have left residents unable
Earlier this year, we began a process of expanding the RDR Index methodology to address human rights harms associated with companies’ targeted advertising policies and practices, and for their use and development of algorithmic decision-making systems. Today, we are thrilled to publish draft indicators and
New support helps add depth to senior management and raise visibility RDR is growing! Since 2015, four iterations of the RDR Corporate Accountability Index have made a clear impact on some of the world’s most powerful internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies. Many have improved disclosures,
Governments committed to a free and open internet must do more than sign statements to ensure that the internet supports and sustains human rights for future generations. This week, world leaders descended on New York City for the UN General Assembly’s annual debate. While issues
Since the publication of the inaugural Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index in 2015, digital rights advocates in non-English-speaking contexts have asked for versions of our materials in their language. Early on, in 2015 and 2017, we provided Spanish translations, and last year we expanded
