Transparency

Transparency

Transparency reporting is one of the strongest ways for technology companies to disclose threats to user privacy and free expression. Such reports help users understand a company’s policies and safeguards against government abuses. Disclosures illuminate the scope and scale of online surveillance, internet shutdowns, content removal, and a host of other practices impacting our fundamental rights. Investors also look to these reports to ensure that companies are upholding their duty to respect human rights.

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Transparency Reporting Index

Notably, we see stagnation in transparency reporting as the growth rate of companies publishing transparency reports has been decreasing persistently since 2013. As all companies become technology-based with possession of massive personal data, all should release transparency reports.

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Transparency
Transparency

Shareholders seek action on Meta’s ‘political entanglement’ in India

27 May 2023
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Shareholders seek action on Meta’s ‘political entanglement’ in India
27 May 2023
Shareholders seek action on Meta’s ‘political entanglement’ in India
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Transparency
Transparency

Alphabet shareholders want more transparency, less complacency

25 May 2023
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Alphabet shareholders want more transparency, less complacency
25 May 2023
Alphabet shareholders want more transparency, less complacency
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Privacy
Privacy

Meta shareholders to company leaders: your business model hurts human rights

23 May 2023

As the annual shareholder meeting approaches, Meta shareholders ask leadership to review the company’s targeted advertising business model and protect human rights.

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Meta shareholders to company leaders: your business model hurts human rights
23 May 2023
Meta shareholders to company leaders: your business model hurts human rights
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Transparency
Transparency

Tech and conflict: a guide for responsible business conduct

18 May 2023

This guide is meant to help tech companies think through the impacts of their decisions in the context of conflict.

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Tech and conflict: a guide for responsible business conduct
18 May 2023
Tech and conflict: a guide for responsible business conduct
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Transparency
Transparency

Attention Amazon: your shareholders want you to protect human rights

18 May 2023

As Big Tech’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) season approaches, Amazon shareholders are pushing for changes to protect human rights. Here are the shareholder proposals we support.

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Attention Amazon: your shareholders want you to protect human rights
18 May 2023
Attention Amazon: your shareholders want you to protect human rights
Transparency
Transparency

Why shareholders don’t trust Big Tech — and how to fix that

17 May 2023

As we enter the 2023 AGM season, we look at what shareholder proposals for Big Tech companies Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta reveal about the companies’ capacity to mitigate risk and ensure accountability for emerging tech like AI.

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Why shareholders don’t trust Big Tech — and how to fix that
17 May 2023
Why shareholders don’t trust Big Tech — and how to fix that
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Transparency
Transparency

Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever

3 May 2023
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Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever
Vittoria Elliott ↗
3 May 2023
Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever
Nuevo análisis: Empresas que distribuyen tecnologías de vigilancia en LATAM no ofrecen transparencia en cuanto a su impacto en los derechos humanos
Surveillance
Surveillance

Are surveillance tech companies in Latin America respecting human rights? 

26 Apr 2023
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Are surveillance tech companies in Latin America respecting human rights? 
26 Apr 2023
Are surveillance tech companies in Latin America respecting human rights? 
Nuevo análisis: Empresas que distribuyen tecnologías de vigilancia en LATAM no ofrecen transparencia en cuanto a su impacto en los derechos humanos
Surveillance
Surveillance

Nuevo análisis: Las empresas que distribuyen tecnologías de vigilancia en LATAM no ofrecen transparencia en materia derechos humanos

26 Apr 2023
Press Release
Nuevo análisis: Las empresas que distribuyen tecnologías de vigilancia en LATAM no ofrecen transparencia en materia derechos humanos
26 Apr 2023
Nuevo análisis: Las empresas que distribuyen tecnologías de vigilancia en LATAM no ofrecen transparencia en materia derechos humanos
Nuevo análisis: Empresas que distribuyen tecnologías de vigilancia en LATAM no ofrecen transparencia en cuanto a su impacto en los derechos humanos
Surveillance
Surveillance

Nova análise: empresas que implantam tecnologia de vigilância na LATAM carecem de transparência em direitos humanos

26 Apr 2023
Press Release
Nova análise: empresas que implantam tecnologia de vigilância na LATAM carecem de transparência em direitos humanos
26 Apr 2023
Nova análise: empresas que implantam tecnologia de vigilância na LATAM carecem de transparência em direitos humanos
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity

Submission on the Revised Draft Industry Codes, under the Online Safety Act

24 Mar 2023

Access Now’s submission on the revised Draft Industry Codes under the Online Safety Act.

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Submission on the Revised Draft Industry Codes, under the Online Safety Act
24 Mar 2023
Submission on the Revised Draft Industry Codes, under the Online Safety Act
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Transparency
Transparency

Twitter’s transparency reporting has tanked under Elon Musk

22 Feb 2023
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Twitter’s transparency reporting has tanked under Elon Musk
Rob Pegoraro ↗
22 Feb 2023
Twitter’s transparency reporting has tanked under Elon Musk
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Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

FAQ: how the EU plans to protect media freedom

1 Dec 2022

Freedom of the press is under threat. In this FAQ, we analyse the EU’s latest proposal for a European Media Freedom Act, which aims to safeguard media freedom, independence and plurality.

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FAQ: how the EU plans to protect media freedom
1 Dec 2022
FAQ: how the EU plans to protect media freedom
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Transparency

Transparency Reporting Index

3 Oct 2022
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Transparency Reporting Index
3 Oct 2022
Transparency Reporting Index
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Data Protection
Data Protection

Human rights in the metaverse

7 Jun 2022
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Human rights in the metaverse
7 Jun 2022
Human rights in the metaverse
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity

Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon: A shareholder’s guide to supporting human rights

24 May 2022

We urge Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon shareholders to support greater accountability for the companies’ human rights impacts.

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Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon: A shareholder’s guide to supporting human rights
24 May 2022
Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon: A shareholder’s guide to supporting human rights