In this conversation, RDR’s Leandro Ucciferri and Aliya Bhatia speak with Roya Pakzad and Melody Kazemi about Iran’s government-led startup boom, the localization efforts that threaten users’ rights, and the unique role that the diaspora plays in advocating for digital rights.
Photo by Dying Regime via CC 2.0 The dramatic growth in the use and availability of mobile broadband in South and Southeast Asia has meant unprecedented access to new tools like email, messaging apps, and social media for the region’s human rights defenders. But, despite
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
In this conversation, RDR’s Global Partnerships Manager Leandro Ucciferri and Senior Editor Sophia Crabbe-Field speak with Jenni Olson, the Senior Director of Social Media Safety at GLAAD, the national LGBTQ media advocacy organization, which campaigns on behalf of LGBTQ people in film, television, and print
In its response to our letter campaign with Access Now, Meta takes issue with aspects of its score in RDR’s 2022 Big Tech Scorecard. Here’s why we stand by our results. Ranking Digital Rights wishes to address Meta’s response to the letter campaign led by
In this conversation, RDR’s Leandro Ucciferri and Aliya Bhatia speak with Roya Pakzad and Melody Kazemi about Iran’s government-led startup boom, the localization efforts that threaten users’ rights, and the unique role that the diaspora plays in advocating for digital rights.
Photo by Dying Regime via CC 2.0 The dramatic growth in the use and availability of mobile broadband in South and Southeast Asia has meant unprecedented access to new tools like email, messaging apps, and social media for the region’s human rights defenders. But, despite
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
In this conversation, RDR’s Global Partnerships Manager Leandro Ucciferri and Senior Editor Sophia Crabbe-Field speak with Jenni Olson, the Senior Director of Social Media Safety at GLAAD, the national LGBTQ media advocacy organization, which campaigns on behalf of LGBTQ people in film, television, and print
In its response to our letter campaign with Access Now, Meta takes issue with aspects of its score in RDR’s 2022 Big Tech Scorecard. Here’s why we stand by our results. Ranking Digital Rights wishes to address Meta’s response to the letter campaign led by
