On December 5, we released the first-ever Telco Giants Scorecard, RDR’s evaluation of how transparent the world’s most powerful telecommunications companies are on their policies related to users’ fundamental rights, particularly freedom of expression and privacy. While digital platforms have received a great deal of
On Tuesday, a group of Amazon shareholders announced 15 proposals calling on the e-commerce giant Amazon to address a sweeping array of issues, from human rights to environmental impacts. The company’s shareholders are expected to vote on many of these proposals at the company’s annual
Throughout 2021, with the U.S. midterm elections on the horizon, the Aspen Institute convened the Aspen Commission on Information Disorder, which culminated in a report detailing 15 recommendations for stakeholders (including civil society) to address misinformation and the “crisis of faith in key institutions.” To
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** December 5, 2022 Contact: Anna Lee Nabors, comms@rankingdigitalrights.org Washington, D.C. — Telcos are perpetuating many of the same harms to privacy and freedom of expression as digital platforms, while facing far less scrutiny, according to the Ranking Digital Rights Telco
Mark your calendars! On Monday, we’re releasing the 2022 Telco Giants Scorecard, RDR’s ranking of the world’s most powerful telecommunications companies on their policies related to users’ fundamental rights, including freedom of expression and privacy. Set a reminder for December 5 to visit rankingdigitalrights.org and
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** November 30, 2022 Contact: Anna Lee Nabors, comms@rankingdigitalrights.org Telcos are less transparent than their Big Tech peers, despite perpetuating the same human rights harms as digital platforms; Spain’s Telefónica tops RDR’s first Telco Giants Scorecard. Washington, D.C. — On Monday, Ranking Digital Rights will
Save the date! RDR’s Telco Giants Scorecard is coming soon. Our set of telco rankings will launch on December 5, featuring our evaluations of 12 telecommunication companies’ published policies and their effects on people’s human rights. The companies we rank cover ten countries, with subsidiaries
Photo created by Bricklay. Via Noun Project. On November 21, RDR submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in response to its Announcement of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on commercial surveillance and data security. As we note in the submission, we commend the FTC for
It’s been less than one month since Twitter officially became the plaything of billionaire Elon Musk. In that time, the company that topped our 2022 Scorecard has gone a long way toward unraveling much of the work that recently earned it our top spot. In
