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Ranking Digital Rights
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Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) is a non-profit research initiative housed at New America’s Open Technology Institute, working with an international network of partners to set global standards for how companies in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector should respect freedom of expression and privacy.
RDR produces a Corporate Accountability Index that ranks the world’s most powerful telecommunications, internet, and mobile companies on their public commitments and disclosed policies affecting users’ freedom of expression and privacy. The 2017 Index ranked 22 companies on 35 indicators across three categories: Governance, Freedom of Expression, and Privacy.
The data produced by the Index is intended to inform the work of human rights advocates, policymakers, and responsible investors. It can also help companies improve their own policies and practices.
To view and explore the 2017 Corporate Accountability Index results, visit: https://rankingdigitalrights.org/index2017/
To see the 2015 results, visit: https://rankingdigitalrights.org/index2015/
For more information about our methodology and scoring practice, visit: https://rankingdigitalrights.org/index2017/findings/methodologyandscoring/
RDR produces a Corporate Accountability Index that ranks the world’s most powerful telecommunications, internet, and mobile companies on their public commitments and disclosed policies affecting users’ freedom of expression and privacy. The 2017 Index ranked 22 companies on 35 indicators across three categories: Governance, Freedom of Expression, and Privacy.
The data produced by the Index is intended to inform the work of human rights advocates, policymakers, and responsible investors. It can also help companies improve their own policies and practices.
To view and explore the 2017 Corporate Accountability Index results, visit: https://rankingdigitalrights.org/index2017/
To see the 2015 results, visit: https://rankingdigitalrights.org/index2015/
For more information about our methodology and scoring practice, visit: https://rankingdigitalrights.org/index2017/findings/methodologyandscoring/
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Location
United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2013
Mentions in press and media 26
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| Apr 28, 2025 | 2025 Ranking Digital Rights Index shows stagnation from Big Tech on user rights despite seismic shifts within industry | AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, April 28, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Despite growing threats to users’ rights online and the explosion of generative AI, the world’s largest tech giants are still failing to create the guardrails needed to protect th... |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Online Advertising is Broken & We Need a Plan to Fix It: Introducing CDT’s Future of Online Advertising Project | CDT Google Policy Fellow Cami Goray also contributed to this post. The online advertising ecosystem is at an inflection point: too broken and politically contentious to continue in its current form, yet too important to publishers, small bu... |
| Apr 3, 2023 | Robust Consumer Protection Can Support a Rights-Respecting Digital Future | The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace released a report on March 13 on cyber vulnerabilities across Africa and the potential harm these can cause for underserved communities. It shared the experience of a woman in Nigeria whose rel... |
| Nov 30, 2022 | Is the DSA a New Dawn of Legislating Platform Governance Globally? | The newly passed Digital Services Act (DSA) in the European Union is what some may call Rorschach legislation or, depending on your point of view, an intermediary liability bill, an illegal content bill, or even a platform accountability bi... |
| Aug 24, 2022 | Finally, A Social Media Platform That Cares About LGBTQ Safety: The Spaces App Is Worth ‘Following’ | The Spaces App Courtesy of Queer Spaces Inc |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Report: These 5 Social Media Platforms Fail To Keep LGBTQ+ Users Safe | TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter applications on screen of an Apple iPhone. getty |
| Feb 17, 2022 | Senator Blumenthal: Dismissing All Critics Of EARN IT As 'Big Tech Lobbyists' Shows Your Unwillingness To Recognize The Massive Problems In Your Bill | In the past, whenever Senator Richard Blumenthal has been called out for his many terrible legislative ideas regarding regulating technology and the internet, he has a habit of dismissing all of the concerns by claiming the complaints are o... |
| Feb 17, 2022 | Senator Blumenthal: Dismissing All Critics Of EARN IT As 'Big Tech Lobbyists' Shows Your Unwillingness To Recognize The Massive Problems In Your Bill | In the past, whenever Senator Richard Blumenthal has been called out for his many terrible legislative ideas regarding regulating technology and the internet, he has a habit of dismissing all of the concerns by claiming the complaints are o... |
| Jul 19, 2021 | Inside DTC weighted blanket Bearaby’s hyper-local marketing strategy | For example, the brand has upped its travel marketing; Bearaby launched a ten pound “travel napper” blanket this week catered towards car and plane travelers. Meanwhile, the brand had its first in person event in Brooklyn, New York this mon... |
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FAQ about Ranking Digital Rights
When was Ranking Digital Rights founded?
Ranking Digital Rights was founded in 2013.
What has the press written about Ranking Digital Rights?
Parsers VC has collected 26 articles mentioning Ranking Digital Rights, among them “2025 Ranking Digital Rights Index shows stagnation from Big Tech on user rights despite seismic shifts within industry” (Apr 28, 2025) and “Online Advertising is Broken & We Need a Plan to Fix It: Introducing CDT’s Future of Online Advertising Project” (Nov 17, 2023).
Is Ranking Digital Rights still active?
Yes, Ranking Digital Rights is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Dec 19, 2025.