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
Since the publication of the inaugural Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index in 2015, digital rights advocates in non-English-speaking contexts have asked for versions of our materials in their language. Early on, in 2015 and 2017, we provided Spanish translations, and last year we expanded
Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) seeks input on our work to expand the RDR Corporate Accountability Index to address human rights harms from companies’ use of algorithms, machine learning, and automated decision-making. We also seek feedback on our work to incorporate services offered by Amazon and
On June 4, which coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a user on the Chinese microblogging platform Sina Weibo posted the word “candle’’ in Chinese. Two hours later, the post disappeared. The post was yet another attempt by Chinese internet users
Since the publication of the inaugural Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index in 2015, digital rights advocates in non-English-speaking contexts have asked for versions of our materials in their language. Early on, in 2015 and 2017, we provided Spanish translations, and last year we expanded
Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) seeks input on our work to expand the RDR Corporate Accountability Index to address human rights harms from companies’ use of algorithms, machine learning, and automated decision-making. We also seek feedback on our work to incorporate services offered by Amazon and
On June 4, which coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a user on the Chinese microblogging platform Sina Weibo posted the word “candle’’ in Chinese. Two hours later, the post disappeared. The post was yet another attempt by Chinese internet users
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