Ranking Digital Rights: NYC Launch
Corporate Accountability Index Launch Event
- In-Person
- ¹ú²úÊÓÆµ
156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor
New York, NY 10010 - 10AM – 11:30AM EDT
We rely on dozens of companies – such as Facebook, Google, and AT&T – for the products and services that power our digital lives. But how committed are these companies to respecting our digital rights like privacy and freedom of expression?
¹ú²úÊÓÆµ’s project will launch its inaugural with a ranking of 16 of the world’s most powerful Internet and telecommunications on their affecting users’ freedom of expression and privacy.
Join Ranking Digital Rights at to find out which companies are doing better than others, why there are no real “winners,” and what concrete steps companies can take to improve. Presentation of the index results will be followed by a conversation about how consumers, activists, investors, and companies themselves can use that data to ensure that, as businesses power and shape our Internet, they also do a better job of respecting our rights.
The launch will be webcast globally; return to this page the morning of the event to access the video. Join the conversation online by using #rankingrights and by following . Find more data included in the index on the Ranking Digital Rights .
PARTICIPANTS
Rebecca MacKinnon
Director, Ranking Digital Rights, ¹ú²úÊÓÆµ
Ihab Osman
Edward S. Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Former President and CEO, Sudatel
Peter Micek
Global Policy & Legal Counsel, Access Now
Micah Sifry
Co-founder and Executive Director, Civic Hall