Pdf 8 Methodology Development, Ranking Digital Rights
SMEX is a Beirut-based media development and digital rights organization working to advance self-regulating information societies. Our mission is to defend digital rights, promote open culture and local content, and encourage critical engagement with digital technologies, media, and networks through research, knowledge-sharing, and advocacy. Design, illustration concept, and layout are by Salam Shokor, with assistance from David Badawi. Illustrations are by Ahmad Mazloum and Salam Shokor. www.smex.org A 2018 Publication of SMEX Kmeir Building, 4th Floor, Badaro, Beirut, Lebanon © Social Media Exchange Association, 2018 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Acknowledgments Afef Abrougui conceptualized this research report and designed and oversaw execution of the methodology for data collection and review. Research was conducted between April and July 2017. Talar Demirdjian and Nour Chaoui conducted data collection. Jessica Dheere edited the report, with proofreading assistance from Grant Baker. All errors and omissions are strictly the responsibility of SMEX. This study would not have been possible without the guidance and feedback of Rebecca Mackinnon, Nathalie Maréchal, and the whole team at Ranking Digital Rights (www.rankingdigitalrights.org). RDR works with an international community of researchers to set global standards for how internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies should respect freedom of expression and privacy. The 2017 Corporate Accountability Index ranked 22 of the world’s most powerful such companies on their disclosed commitments and policies that affect users' freedom of expression and privacy. The methodology developed for this research study was based on the RDR/ CAI methodology. We are also grateful to EFF’s Katitza Rodriguez and Access Now’s Peter Micek, both of whom shared valuable insights and expertise into how our research might be transformed and contextualized for local campaigns.
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