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MODERATEGLOBALAdded 2026-03-17
Rebecca MacKinnon
Founder / Policy Researcher
Ranking Digital Rights
Freedom Threat Index53%
SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS
Profile
Founder of Ranking Digital Rights (RDR), an influential organisation that evaluates technology companies on their human rights and free expression commitments. MacKinnon also authored "Consent of the Networked." Her RDR framework has been used by advocacy organisations and regulators to pressure platforms on content moderation practices.
Key Actions & Positions
Founded Ranking Digital Rights — producing widely-cited corporate accountability indexes on platform free expression practices
RDR methodology used by governments and NGOs to benchmark platform compliance with content moderation expectations
Authored foundational scholarship on corporate internet censorship and state-platform cooperation
Policy influence spans global regulatory debates on platform governance and content moderation frameworks
Tags
ranking-digital-rightscontent-moderationplatform-governancehuman-rightsinternet-freedom
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