Ranking Digital Rights

Evaluating the world's most powerful digital platforms and telcos on their commitments to #digitalrights.

[Ranking Digital Rights @rankingrights]

Ranking Digital Rights is celebrating 10 years of tech accountability in action! Visit our dedicated landing page to explore how RDR has worked for a decade to demand transparency from both Big Tech and Telco Giants. #RDR10
https://t.co/NKANzGj0ik

[Access Now @accessnow]

Big Tech keeps failing the transparency test!

The 2025 @rankingrights Index shows that none of the 14 tech giants scored above 50 on human rights performance. That’s not good enough.

We called on these companies to do better. Here’s how they responded. https://t.co/SKfGujhcUf

[🪷 玛丽萨 @Soothe888]

Global digital rights report reveals unexpected #boost in #transparency from #Chinese #tech giants 🇨🇳🤖

My latest article for @globalvoices and @Advox 🎉

In collaboration with @rankingrights
@SDGBenchmarks. Check it out ⤵️

https://t.co/bMpIa9IR17

[Global Voices @globalvoices]

According to a new report by @rankingrights, three major Chinese tech companies, have all undergone major improvements in transparency. ByteDance (TikTok) was also examined for the first time, and stood out as one of the most transparent tech companies. https://t.co/rhno5a7uQQ

[Global Voices @globalvoices]

A decade of digital rights: Where has Big Tech's progress gone?

In a world with rising authoritarianism, the report shows that many Big Tech companies are largely continuing with “business as usual,” failing to address critical issues. @fleckgiovana https://t.co/ZvlksJEwX5

[World Benchmarking Alliance @SDGBenchmarks]

In our latest @rankingrights Index: Big Tech Edition, a major shift occurred with Chinese tech giants—Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu scored the largest improvements in governance transparency out of all the companies evaluated. Find out why: https://t.co/hycT9UXV1s #RDR2025

[World Benchmarking Alliance @SDGBenchmarks]

The 2025 Ranking Digital Rights Index assessed companies on 300+ indicators tied to governance, freedom of expression, and privacy—key pillars of our digital lives. The results are sobering. 🧵(1/5) #RDR2025

[World Benchmarking Alliance @SDGBenchmarks]

🌐Out now: The 2025 @rankingrights – Big Tech Edition! Our latest assessment of 14 of the world’s most powerful tech giants reveals: Big Tech is still failing to put the guardrails in place to protect the rights of billions of people. See results: https://t.co/YWwkuWVfY1 #RDR2025

[World Benchmarking Alliance @SDGBenchmarks]

📣 Mark your calendars! Come explore new ways of holding AI giants accountable on the side-lines of the #AIActionSummit in Paris!

🗓 Tuesday, 11 February 2024
🕐 10:30-12:30 pm CET
📍Le Hasard Ludique, Paris
✨ Cost: Free

Register here: https://t.co/823wZeGEha

[Ranking Digital Rights @rankingrights]

To find out more about Orbán’s domestic plans for Hungary’s telecom industry, revisit this article in @FutureTenseNow from our fmr colleague @wvessna: https://t.co/ModM2mtBr1

[Ranking Digital Rights @rankingrights]

In 2023, two of the three major players in Albania’s telecom landscape were acquired by Hungary’s 4iG, which has close ties to the Orbán government. 👉

[Ranking Digital Rights @rankingrights]

Read the full blog from RDR’s @leoucciferri: https://t.co/BXkbleXiTZ 👉

[Ranking Digital Rights @rankingrights]

🌐We’ll be discussing CLARITI, the new methodology RDR is creating, with Article 19 support, that will allow civil society to conduct its own human rights impact assessments of the tech sector, and hold big tech accountable!

To learn more and register: https://t.co/e0vKlkC2fS

[Ranking Digital Rights @rankingrights]

📢RDR (from our new home at the @SDGBenchmarks!) will be hosting a not-to-miss session at BizHRAsia_UNDP’s 2024 #UNRBHR Forum in Bangkok alongside co-hosts Legal Initiatives for Vietnam, @article19org, and @hrichina.

🗓 Thursday, 26 September 2024
🕐 14.30-15.30 ICT

[InvestForRights @InvestForRights]

Uniting @rankingrights's expertise with @SDGBenchmarks enriches the landscape for investors and stakeholders within the tech sector. This strategic alliance equips them with comprehensive analyses that will foster a proactive approach to digital rights risks.

[BIRN @BIRN_Network]

🤩 Congratulations to @rankingrights, our partners in advancing digital rights in the Balkans, on their transition to @SDGBenchmarks! 👏

🚀 https://t.co/gweJunKBWy

[Freedom on the Net @freedomonthenet]

Congratulations to our friends @rankingrights on their transition to @SDGBenchmarks!

We're grateful for RDR's important research that has long informed #FreedomOnTheNet and can't wait for what's to come!

[World Benchmarking Alliance @SDGBenchmarks]

We are delighted to announce that @rankingrights (RDR) has officially been integrated into WBA.

RDR is a corporate accountability program, incubated at @NewAmerica that has advanced transparency on digital rights among the world’s most powerful tech and telecom companies.

[SMEX @SMEX]

Over the years, SMEX collaborated with @rankingrights to assess the performance of influential global tech platforms and telecom companies in upholding human rights and holding them accountable.

https://t.co/niqWpwjWpY

[Ranking Digital Rights @rankingrights]

To find out more, read our joint statement on the transition of RDR from New America to the World Benchmarking Alliance: https://t.co/biBNbYjOHX

[Ranking Digital Rights @rankingrights]

Today we are delighted to announce our transition to the World Benchmarking Alliance (@SDGBenchmarks).

Building on RDR’s decade of work at @New America, the transition marks a new chapter in RDR’s journey.

[Ranking Digital Rights @rankingrights]

RDR’s 10 years of accomplishments would not have been possible without the support of @NewAmerica. Our transition to WBA serves as a new bridge between New America and WBA, as they look forward to partnering on ways to advance a shared vision for our digital future.