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
RDR has contributed to the public consultation on the Canadian government’s proposed legislative and regulatory framework to address harmful content online. The framework sets out entities that would be subject to the new framework, what types of content would be regulated, new rules and obligations
Ranking Digital Rights has partnered with Global Voices Translation Services to translate key components of the 2020 RDR Corporate Accountability Index into six major languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Korean, Russian, and Spanish! Visit our translations page. The RDR Index is global in scope. We evaluate
Authors: Zak Rogoff, Veszna Wessenauer, Jie Zhang From time to time, Ranking Digital Rights assesses companies that are having a growing impact on the public interest and the protection of people’s rights, but are not covered in the RDR Corporate Accountability Index. For these studies,
RDR has contributed to the public consultation on the Canadian government’s proposed legislative and regulatory framework to address harmful content online. The framework sets out entities that would be subject to the new framework, what types of content would be regulated, new rules and obligations
Ranking Digital Rights has partnered with Global Voices Translation Services to translate key components of the 2020 RDR Corporate Accountability Index into six major languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Korean, Russian, and Spanish! Visit our translations page. The RDR Index is global in scope. We evaluate
Authors: Zak Rogoff, Veszna Wessenauer, Jie Zhang From time to time, Ranking Digital Rights assesses companies that are having a growing impact on the public interest and the protection of people’s rights, but are not covered in the RDR Corporate Accountability Index. For these studies,
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