Author : Gregory J. Walters
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 16,91 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780802085504
CONTENTS.
Author : Giovanni Ziccardi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 44,44 MB
Release : 2012-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 940075275X
This book explains strategies, techniques, legal issues and the relationships between digital resistance activities, information warfare actions, liberation technology and human rights. It studies the concept of authority in the digital era and focuses in particular on the actions of so-called digital dissidents. Moving from the difference between hacking and computer crimes, the book explains concepts of hacktivism, the information war between states, a new form of politics (such as open data movements, radical transparency, crowd sourcing and “Twitter Revolutions”), and the hacking of political systems and of state technologies. The book focuses on the protection of human rights in countries with oppressive regimes.
Author : Jonathan Andrew
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 12,93 MB
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 1509938850
This book examines the tangled responsibilities of states, companies, and individuals surrounding human rights in the digital age. Digital technologies have a huge impact – for better and worse – on human lives; while they can clearly enhance some human rights, they also facilitate a wide range of violations. States are expected to implement efficient measures against powerful private companies, but, at the same time, they are drawn to technologies that extend their own control over citizens. Tech companies are increasingly asked to prevent violations committed online by their users, yet many of their business models depend on the accumulation and exploitation of users' personal data. While civil society has a crucial part to play in upholding human rights, it is also the case that individuals harm other individuals online. All three stakeholders need to ensure that technology does not provoke the disintegration of human rights. Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines, including law, international relations, and journalism, this book provides a detailed analysis of the impact of digital technologies on human rights, which will be of interest to academics, research students and professionals concerned by this issue.
Author : Mathias Klang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,51 MB
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1135310181
The digital age began in 1939 with the construction of the first digital computer. In the sixty-five years that have followed, the influence of digitisation on our everyday lives has grown steadily and today digital technology has a greater influence on our lives than at any time since its development. This book examines the role played by digital technology in both the exercise and suppression of human rights. The global digital environment has allowed us to reinterpret the concept of universal human rights. Discourse on human rights need no longer be limited by national or cultural boundaries and individuals have the ability to create new forms in which to exercise their rights or even to bypass national limitations to rights. The defence of such rights is meanwhile under constant assault by the newfound ability of states to both suppress and control individual rights through the application of these same digital technologies. This book gathers together an international group of experts working within this rapidly developing area of law and technology and focuses their attantion on the specific interaction between human rights and digital technology. This is the first work to explore the challenges brought about by digital technology to fundamental freedoms such as privacy, freedom of expression, access, assembly and dignity. It is essential reading for anyone who fears digital technology will lead to the 'Big Brother' state.
Author : Joanna Kulesza
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1442260424
Cybersecurity and Human Rights in the Age of Cyberveillance isa collection of articles by distinguished authors from the US and Europe and presents a contemporary perspectives on the limits online of human rights. By considering the latest political events and case law, including the NSA PRISM surveillance program controversy, the planned EU data protection amendments, and the latest European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence, it provides an analysis of the ongoing legal discourse on global cyberveillance. Using examples from contemporary state practice, including content filtering and Internet shutdowns during the Arab Spring as well as the PRISM controversy, the authors identify limits of state and third party interference with individual human rights of Internet users. Analysis is based on existing human rights standards, as enshrined within international law including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, European Convention on Human Rights and recommendations from the Human Rights Council. The definition of human rights, perceived as freedoms and liberties guaranteed to every human being by international legal consensus will be presented based on the rich body on international law. The book is designed to serve as a reference source for early 21st century information policies and on the future of Internet governance and will be useful to scholars in the information studies fields, including computer, information and library science. It is also aimed at scholars in the fields of international law, international relations, diplomacy studies and political science.
Author : Daniel J Solove
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0814740375
Daniel Solove presents a startling revelation of how digital dossiers are created, usually without the knowledge of the subject, & argues that we must rethink our understanding of what privacy is & what it means in the digital age before addressing the need to reform the laws that regulate it.
Author : Rikke Frank Jørgensen
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 16,7 MB
Release : 2006-06-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262101157
Papers originally presented at the World Summit on the Information Society, November 2005.
Author : John Lannon
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,68 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781466619180
"This book provides a current examination of policy, practice, and theory relating to human rights and information, communications and technology and offers a comprehensive review of the topic and the exponential changes that have occurred through the last decade"-- Prové de l'editor.
Author : Jared Genser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 16,45 MB
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107040078
The first comprehensive look at the human rights dimensions of the work of the only UN body capable of compelling action by its member states.
Author : Frank Webster
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1134577958
This volume addresses these key issues through an analysis of important theoretical debates on issues such as digital democracy, cultural politics and transnational communities. Featuring contributors from both sides of the Atlantic, the book contains a series of case studies on new social movements including campaigns on the environment, gender, animal rights and human rights. It combines cutting edge research with theoretical material and makes an important contribution to this highly topical and rapidly growing area. This book will be invaluable reading for students in areas including Politics, Communications and IT, Sociology and Cultural Studies.
