A hub for human rights researchers around the globe who want to hold digital platforms, telecommunication companies, and other digital service companies accountable using RDR’s standards.
Researchers and civil society organizations around the world are holding tech and telecom companies to account using our human rights-based standards to evaluate companies in their local and regional markets. Browse their publications below and get in touch with us if you’d like to conduct corporate accountability research of your own.
“Food delivery and online marketplace platforms in Latin America: An exploration using RDR standards”
Derechos Digitales
September 2023
“Tech Transparency Under the Spotlight: Adapting Global Human Rights Standards in the Asia Pacific Region”
Digital Asia Hub and Ranking Digital Rights
September 2023
“Digital Rights Compliance Ranking 2023 of popular digital platforms in Kazakhstan”
Digital Rights Center Qazaqstan (DRCQ)
September 2023
“BARE MINIMUM: How indulgence in regulation limits user rights in Korea”
Open Net Korea
August 2023
“Privacy in Iraq – Case of Telecommunication Companies”
Tech 4 Peace
July 2023
“Hate Speech in Lebanon: The Shortcomings and Responsibilities of Social Media Platforms”
Samir Kassir Foundation
July 2023
Taiwan
“Digital Rights in Taiwan: 2022 Corporate Accountability Report”
Open Culture Foundation
June 2023
Malaysia
Mozambique
“Digital Rights in Mozambique: An analysis of mobile network operators’ policies”
MISA Moçambique
June 2023
“2023 SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY INDEX”
GLAAD
June 2023
“Hidden in Plain Sight”
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)
June 2023
“Digital rights and corporate accountability in Armenia”
Media Diversity Institute (MDI)
June 2023
“Ranking Digital Rights in Central Asia”
Public Fund Civil Internet Policy Initiative (CIPI)
May 2023
East and Southern Africa
“Ranking digital rights in East and Southern Africa: The policies and practices of telecommunication companies”
Kuda Hove
April 2023
“Telecoms Corporate Accountability Practices in terms of Digital Freedoms in Georgia”
Institute for Development of Freedom of Information
November 2022
“2022 SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY INDEX”
GLAAD
July 2022
“Through The Looking Glass: Digital Safety and Internet Freedom in South and Southeast Asia”
EngageMedia OPTF
June 2022
“Ranking Digital Rights in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Central African Republic.”
Paradigm Initiative
April 2022
“Digital Rights in Lesotho: An Analysis of ptractices in the financial and ICT sectors”
Internet Freedom Project Lesotho
April 2022
“Index of Personal Data Protection 2021”
Internews Ukraine
September 2021
“Digital Rights & Technology Sector Accountability in Iran”
Filterwatch in partnership with Taraaz
November 2020
“Take it or Leave It: How NYC Residents Are Forced to Sacrifice Online Privacy for Internet Service”
Digital Equity Lab
March 2018
“Transparency of Mobile Operators and Compliance with Digital Rights” (In Russian)
Sarkis Darbinyan (Roscomsvoboda), Mikhail Klimarev (Society for Internet Protection), and Sergei Hovyadinov (Ranking Digital Rights Open Technology Fund Fellow)
March 2018
“Research: the majority of popular services on the Runet do not adequately comply with obligations on digital rights” (In Russian)
Roscomsvoboda
March 2021
“Dependent Yet Disenfranchised: The Policy Void That Threatens the Rights of Mobile Users in Arab States”
January 2018
“Ranking Digital Rights in India”
Centre for Internet & Society
January 2017
“Telecoms Privacy & Data Protection Policies in Pakistan”
Digital Rights Foundation
December 2016
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