"A new report on the human-rights policies of 26 tech and telecom firms around the world delivers a harsh verdict: From Alibaba to Vodafone, they all get an F."
"The report raps Amazon for disclosing so much less than other U.S. firms about its marketing uses of customer data, its oversight of products in its online store, its rules for use of its AWS hosting service, and its responses to government demands..." fastcompany.com/90607772/digit…
"As in prior reports, telecom firms fare worse than tech giants for leaving their users deeper in the dark about their collection, use and resale of their data." Indeed! See our new dataset for details: rankingdigitalrights.org/index2020/expl…
Final quote, on our recommendations for robust data protection, privacy, and transparency laws:
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ICYMI: Some top takeaways from the 2020 @rankingrights Index! 🧵
2/ Amazon came in dead last, outpaced by #BigTech companies in the U.S., China, and Russia. By almost every measure, the company is way behind on transparency and accountability around users’ rights.
3/ Twitter ranked number one among digital platforms, for the first time, thanks in part to key details in its transparency reports. But at 53 out of 100 possible points, the company still has loads of work to do.