As a researcher at Temple University in Philadelphia, I study how stories about social problems and their possible solutions make their way into the mainstream media, how they get covered, and how audiences respond to them. One key question I look at is: How do
Meta released its first-ever “Annual” Human Rights Report last week, looking at the company’s purported progress toward meeting its human rights obligations from 2020 through 2021. This release follows years of criticism from civil society about Meta’s failure to act in response to accusations of
Over the past weeks, Amazon, Meta, Twitter, and Alphabet (Google) all faced a shareholder reckoning. Nearly 50 petitions launched by investors across the four tech giants called on them to come clean on an array of issues. Many of those issues were related to human
Today Ranking Digital Rights sent a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urging the agency to ban multi-class share structures and to repeal SEC rules that limit the ability of investors to file and resubmit shareholder resolutions. These two practices undermine
Chinese companies may want to engage with civil society. But in the era of Xi Jinping, it’s not that simple. Back to Scorecard In the West, when people talk about “Big Tech,” they are typically referring to companies like Apple, Google, and Meta, all headquartered
As a researcher at Temple University in Philadelphia, I study how stories about social problems and their possible solutions make their way into the mainstream media, how they get covered, and how audiences respond to them. One key question I look at is: How do
Meta released its first-ever “Annual” Human Rights Report last week, looking at the company’s purported progress toward meeting its human rights obligations from 2020 through 2021. This release follows years of criticism from civil society about Meta’s failure to act in response to accusations of
Over the past weeks, Amazon, Meta, Twitter, and Alphabet (Google) all faced a shareholder reckoning. Nearly 50 petitions launched by investors across the four tech giants called on them to come clean on an array of issues. Many of those issues were related to human
Today Ranking Digital Rights sent a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urging the agency to ban multi-class share structures and to repeal SEC rules that limit the ability of investors to file and resubmit shareholder resolutions. These two practices undermine
Chinese companies may want to engage with civil society. But in the era of Xi Jinping, it’s not that simple. Back to Scorecard In the West, when people talk about “Big Tech,” they are typically referring to companies like Apple, Google, and Meta, all headquartered
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