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<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Rebecca MacKinnon<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Mittwoch, 25. April 2018 14:11<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [rankingdigitalrights] Fwd: The Ranking Digital Rights 2018 Corporate Accountability Index is now online!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#FAFAFA"><span class="m-5412248101047531769mcnpreviewtext"><span style="font-size:1.0pt">Top internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies failed to disclose key policies and practices affecting users’ freedom of
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">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
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<span style="color:#2BAADF">2018 Corporate Accountability Index</span></a>, which Ranking Digital Rights released today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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in here</span></a> at 9:30am ET (13:30 UTC) to watch the 2018 Index global launch event at Columbia University in New York City. You can also join the conversation on Twitter by following
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<span style="color:#2BAADF">@rankingrights</span></a> and by using the hashtag <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=10001f9877&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">#rankingrights</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">The 2018 Index evaluated
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<span style="color:#2BAADF">22 companies</span></a> whose products and services are collectively used by over half of the world’s 4.2 billion internet users. Results showed that while some companies have improved disclosures in the past year, most internet
users are still being left in the dark about how their personal information is accessed and used, and how online speech is managed and policed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">“Companies have not been clear enough about how their products, services, business operations and business models might either cause harm, or be used to violate internet users’ rights,” said Rebecca
MacKinnon, director of Ranking Digital Rights. “People do not have enough information to make informed choices as consumers or as citizens, exposing them to undisclosed risks.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Findings from the 2018 Index include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=33928bce3a&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2BAADF;font-weight:normal">Facebook</span></a>
disclosed less about how it handles user data than most of its U.S. peers.</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"> It also disclosed less information about options for users to control what is collected about them, and
how it is used, than any other company in the Index, including two Chinese companies and two Russian companies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Most companies withhold basic information about measures they take to safeguard users’ data from breach or theft</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">,
preventing users from knowing the risks they may face when using a particular platform or service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">All of the companies evaluated disclosed too little about how they handle users’ information.</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">
In addition to Facebook, companies including <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=6eba0a2b55&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">Google</span></a>, <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=7a20aba5f3&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">Twitter</span></a>, <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=7be6627367&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">Apple</span></a>, <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=2d30c67c61&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">Samsung</span></a>, <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=e6e0efe498&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">AT&T</span></a>, <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=7675b55bb8&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">Vodafone</span></a>, <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=ed8d60ac2f&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">Telefónica</span></a>, and <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=a3bbff5a6c&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">Orange</span></a> disclosed too little about how user information is shared for targeted advertising. This opacity makes it easier for digital platforms and services to be abused and manipulated by a range of state and non-state
actors who seek to attack individuals as well as institutions and communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Companies do not adequately inform the public about how they police content on their platforms and services.</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">
In light of revelations that the world’s most powerful social media platforms have been used to spread disinformation and manipulate political outcomes in a range of countries, companies’ efforts to police and manage content lack accountability without greater
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Too few companies make users’ rights a central priority for corporate oversight and risk assessment.
</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Companies do not have adequate processes to identify and mitigate the full range of potential harms to users that may be caused not only by government censorship or surveillance,
and by malicious non-state actors, but also by practices related to their own business models.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Companies were assessed on
<a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=d7e763fc9d&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">35 indicators</span></a> in three categories: <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=338d06d676&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">Governance</span></a>, <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=b029239f53&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">Freedom of Expression</span></a>, and <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=b9e40d3166&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">Privacy</span></a>. The 2018 Index applied the same methodology as the
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<span style="color:#2BAADF">2017 Index</span></a>, which enabled us to produce <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=8ad1ef6718&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">comparative analyses</span></a> of each company’s performance and to track overall trends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">The 2018 Index also includes
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<span style="color:#2BAADF">recommendations for governments</span></a>, <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=002f1aab2b&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">questions for investors</span></a>, and <a href="https://rankingdigitalrights.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed7830a631cca231c4f51ceb2&id=37bd80c611&e=e2f85bfbb7" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">recommendations for companies</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">To view and download the complete report, including interactive data and analysis, company report cards, methodology, raw data files, and other resources for download, visit
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<span style="color:#2BAADF">rankingdigitalrights.org/index2018</span></a>. The 2018 Index website and data visualization were developed in partnership with the
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<span style="color:#2BAADF">SHARE Foundation</span></a>, a digital rights NGO.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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