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
Research for the 2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index began this week, with more than 30 researchers from around the world contributing to the 2019 evaluation. The Index ranks the world’s most powerful internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies on their disclosed policies affecting freedom
Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) is updating our privacy policy, which applies to visitors to the RDR website and to subscribers to our mailing list. The new policy comes into effect on September 14, 2018. The revised privacy policy clarifies that RDR will retain the information
Corporate Accountability News Highlights is a regular series by Ranking Digital Rights highlighting key news related to tech companies, freedom of expression, and privacy issues around the world. Google under scrutiny over its collection of user data Google is facing a lawsuit for allegedly misleading
Research for the 2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index began this week, with more than 30 researchers from around the world contributing to the 2019 evaluation. The Index ranks the world’s most powerful internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies on their disclosed policies affecting freedom
Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) is updating our privacy policy, which applies to visitors to the RDR website and to subscribers to our mailing list. The new policy comes into effect on September 14, 2018. The revised privacy policy clarifies that RDR will retain the information
Corporate Accountability News Highlights is a regular series by Ranking Digital Rights highlighting key news related to tech companies, freedom of expression, and privacy issues around the world. Google under scrutiny over its collection of user data Google is facing a lawsuit for allegedly misleading
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