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
This post is published as part of an editorial partnership between Global Voices and Ranking Digital Rights. Global Voices’ advocacy director Ellery Roberts Biddle co-authored this piece. The secret is out — Google is building a search engine for China. After deflecting questions from reporters
The 2018 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index findings foreshadowed many of the corporate governance and disclosure problems reflected in this year’s constant stream of negative news headlines about some of the world’s most powerful internet companies. Today we are publishing a 2018 Investor Update, which
More than half of the companies evaluated in the 2018 Corporate Accountability Index have publicly responded to our findings, thanks to a campaign by digital rights group Access Now. In September, the organization sent letters to each of the 22 companies evaluated in the 2018
This post is published as part of an editorial partnership between Global Voices and Ranking Digital Rights. Global Voices’ advocacy director Ellery Roberts Biddle co-authored this piece. The secret is out — Google is building a search engine for China. After deflecting questions from reporters
The 2018 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index findings foreshadowed many of the corporate governance and disclosure problems reflected in this year’s constant stream of negative news headlines about some of the world’s most powerful internet companies. Today we are publishing a 2018 Investor Update, which
More than half of the companies evaluated in the 2018 Corporate Accountability Index have publicly responded to our findings, thanks to a campaign by digital rights group Access Now. In September, the organization sent letters to each of the 22 companies evaluated in the 2018
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