Preparing Your Research

Preparing Your Research Discover the key concepts you should define as you launch your research project. At RDR, we see our methodology as a way to pressure companies to improve their human rights commitments and to respect people’s privacy and freedom of expression and information.

RightsCon 2019

  From June 11-14, members of the Ranking Digital Rights team were in Tunis, Tunisia, for the seventh annual RightsCon conference, organized by Access Now. We held discussions with human rights and technology advocates and experts from around the world. On Thursday June 13, we

2019 Indicators

The 2019 RDR Corporate Accountability Index ranks 24 companies according to 35 indicators evaluating company disclosure of policies and practices affecting freedom of expression and privacy. Company scores and accompanying analysis have been generated through a rigorous process including peer review, company feedback, and quality

Why and how do we document the impact of rights violations?

Why does Ranking Digital Rights evaluate companies’ respect for users’ rights? Because when companies are insufficiently transparent and accountable about how their policies affect users’ freedom of expression and privacy, real people can be harmed. We believe it is important to document these people’s stories,

The Ranking Digital Rights 2018 Corporate Accountability Index is now online!

Top internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies failed to disclose key policies and practices affecting users’ freedom of expression and privacy, according to results of the 2018 Corporate Accountability Index, which Ranking Digital Rights released today. Tune in here at 9:30am ET (13:30 UTC) to watch

Preparing Your Research

Preparing Your Research Discover the key concepts you should define as you launch your research project. At RDR, we see our methodology as a way to pressure companies to improve their human rights commitments and to respect people’s privacy and freedom of expression and information.

RightsCon 2019

  From June 11-14, members of the Ranking Digital Rights team were in Tunis, Tunisia, for the seventh annual RightsCon conference, organized by Access Now. We held discussions with human rights and technology advocates and experts from around the world. On Thursday June 13, we

2019 Indicators

The 2019 RDR Corporate Accountability Index ranks 24 companies according to 35 indicators evaluating company disclosure of policies and practices affecting freedom of expression and privacy. Company scores and accompanying analysis have been generated through a rigorous process including peer review, company feedback, and quality

Why and how do we document the impact of rights violations?

Why does Ranking Digital Rights evaluate companies’ respect for users’ rights? Because when companies are insufficiently transparent and accountable about how their policies affect users’ freedom of expression and privacy, real people can be harmed. We believe it is important to document these people’s stories,

The Ranking Digital Rights 2018 Corporate Accountability Index is now online!

Top internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies failed to disclose key policies and practices affecting users’ freedom of expression and privacy, according to results of the 2018 Corporate Accountability Index, which Ranking Digital Rights released today. Tune in here at 9:30am ET (13:30 UTC) to watch