Read the- Read our Spring 2021 Investor Update
- We track digital rights-related shareholder resolutions. See our interactive shareholder resolution table.
When companies fail to respect users’ privacy and freedom of expression, users clearly pay a price—but so do investors.
RDR is committed to providing data and research insights that can help guide investors as they navigate threats to privacy and freedom of expression and information—what we call “digital rights” risks—that arise in the technology and telecommunications sectors.
Companies that build their policies and practices around transparency, accountability, and respect for users’ digital rights will be in a better position to identify and mitigate harms to individuals and communities that regulators will eventually be compelled to address. Usually, by the time regulatory intervention becomes necessary to address a problem, that problem will have already become entrenched and widespread, making compliance much more costly.
Our research indicators represent a concrete standard not only for digital platforms and telecommunications companies to meet their normative responsibility to respect human rights, but also for moving beyond compliance and getting ahead of regulatory risks.
Our investor-focused publications
- Digital rights outlook for 2021: Geopolitical risks are rising—and regulation is coming, October 2020
- Good Content Governance Requires Good Corporate Governance, from our It’s the Business Model series, May 2020
- Poor Digital Rights Performance—Who Pays the Price?, September 2017
Talks and webinars
- Investor Alliance for Human Rights, February 2021
- Investor Alliance for Human Rights, June 2019
- Investor Alliance for Human Rights, October 2018
- Sustainalytics: Understanding the Material Risks Related to Digital Rights, October 2017
Relevant organizations and initiatives
- Investor Alliance for Human Rights
- Global Network Initiative investor constituency
- OpenMic
- SumofUs
- Shareaction
- Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
