REPORT: Five Years After Rana Plaza: The Way Forward

REPORT: Five Years After Rana Plaza: The Way Forward

The Center’s report on factory safety in Bangladesh, Five Years After Rana Plaza: The Way Forward, finds that efforts by Western brands and retailers have resulted in safer factories but thousands of additional facilities still require remediation. 

U.S. $1.2 Billion to Cost to Complete Bangladesh Factory Remediation

U.S. $1.2 Billion to Cost to Complete Bangladesh Factory Remediation

Just-style quotes our report on the Bangladesh garment industry, which details the remaining cost of remediating poor conditions in factories.

Remediation of Left-Out RMG Factories to Cost $1.2b

Remediation of Left-Out RMG Factories to Cost $1.2b

Our report on Bangladeshi factories is quoted in a Financial Express article that focuses on the economic and policy changes needed in order to create a safer environment for workers.

Google Wants More Humans to Help Solve the Problem of Child Exploitation on YouTube

Google Wants More Humans to Help Solve the Problem of Child Exploitation on YouTube

Deputy Director Paul Barrett commends Google's announcement that it will hire more human moderators to flag extremist or disturbing content online, but highlights the need to devote similar resources to political disinformation.

Google Announces It Will De-Rank Russia Today and Sputnik

Google Announces It Will De-Rank Russia Today and Sputnik

Last week, Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, caused a stir by suggesting publicly that the search giant would seek to “de-rank” Russia’s main international television service and a prominent Russian news website. RT, the television service, and Sputnik, the website, have been implicated by U.S. intelligence agencies in the Kremlin’s far-reaching attempt to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Harmful Content: The Role of Internet Platform Companies In Fighting Terrorist Incitement and Politically Motivated Disinformation

Harmful Content: The Role of Internet Platform Companies In Fighting Terrorist Incitement and Politically Motivated Disinformation

In November 2017, the Center published Harmful Content: The Role of Internet Platform Companies In Fighting Terrorist Incitement and Politically Motivated DisinformationThe report grew out of discussion at the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Human Rights. It focused on how Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft could more effectively fight terrorist incitement and politically motivated disinformation on their platforms.