Despite claims from big tech companies that they value freedom of expression and privacy for their users, when you get into the weeds it turns out most of their policies for such things are less than stellar. Atlas VPN has compiled data based on the Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) statistics, which evaluate companies’ practices and policies on governance, freedom of expression and information, and privacy.
X, formerly Twitter, scored the highest at 56 percent, owed largely to its detailed content policies and publicly available data on its content moderation practices. It’s important to note that this score comes from before Elon Musk purchased the platform, so it could be interesting to see how it might change going forward. Still, given that the cutoff rate for receiving a failing grade in school is typically around 65 percent, even as the top finisher X didn’t get a passing grade.
Here is a look at the complete list.
