With the release of her pivotal Consent of the Networked in 2012, RDR Founder Rebecca MacKinnon issued a call to action for civil society to defend our digital rights from companies with the same rigor with which we’ve previously fought for our rights before governments. In
Photo via MidJourney Despite Central Asia’s political turmoil and fragile democratic institutions, its digital services sector has grown steadily in recent years, a trend accelerated during the recent Covid-19 pandemic. With countries across the region continuing to introduce programs focused on digitization—from work-from-home schemes to
The annual AGM (annual general meetings) season at major tech companies recently wrapped up in a climate of increased scrutiny toward the industry, with the rapid emergence of new AI and AI-powered tools. While these new tools may appear to rekindle excitement in an industry
It’s our 10-year anniversary, which means that RDR has been keeping tech companies accountable for over a decade. In honor of this occasion, the RDR team held its first-ever in-person retreat to set our new strategic priorities! It was a fantastic opportunity to get the
By Veszna Wessenauer and Ellery Roberts Biddle When Apple announced its plans to tighten restrictions on third-party tracking by app developers, privacy advocates—including us—were intrigued. The company seemed to be charting a new course for digital advertising that would give users much more power to
A global group of investors with more than $6 trillion in assets have sent letters calling on the 26 tech and telecom companies we ranked in the last RDR Corporate Accountability Index to commit to our core recommendations. We push companies to: implement robust human
Written and compiled by Alex Rochefort, Zak Rogoff, and RDR staff. The revelations of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, published in SEC filings and in the Wall Street Journal’s “Facebook Files” series, have brought forth irrefutable evidence that Facebook has repeatedly misled or lied to the
By Veszna Wessenauer and Ellery Roberts Biddle When Apple announced its plans to tighten restrictions on third-party tracking by app developers, privacy advocates—including us—were intrigued. The company seemed to be charting a new course for digital advertising that would give users much more power to
A global group of investors with more than $6 trillion in assets have sent letters calling on the 26 tech and telecom companies we ranked in the last RDR Corporate Accountability Index to commit to our core recommendations. We push companies to: implement robust human
Written and compiled by Alex Rochefort, Zak Rogoff, and RDR staff. The revelations of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, published in SEC filings and in the Wall Street Journal’s “Facebook Files” series, have brought forth irrefutable evidence that Facebook has repeatedly misled or lied to the
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