Alliance Defending Freedom released its second annual Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index, which evaluates 75 publicly traded corporations across 42 performance indicators based on their respect for free speech and religious freedom on a scale from 0 to 100.
The study was conducted in partnership with the investment technology service Inspire Insight, which provides faith-based investing data and ratings to thousands of institutions.
Only two of the 75 companies examined had scored over 25 in their respect for speech and religion. ADF contends that “millions of everyday Americans are at risk of cancelation or punishment for their views.”
The bottom five companies when it comes to respecting free speech and religious freedom rights are Airbnb, Amazon, Google, eBay and Microsoft. Those companies saw their scores drop compared to last year.
ADF Senior Counsel and Senior Vice President for Corporate Engagement Jeremy Tedesco said, “Threats to freedom don’t just come from the government, but from major corporations like financial institutions and big tech companies that have concentrated power over essential services and communication channels. Too often, these corporations de-bank or de-platform Americans, citing policies that give them unbounded discretion to censor people for their views.”