5. Ethics & Digital Rights

✔️With the internet increasingly the way most people – especially young people – access key services, but also communicate and socialise, it brings into sharp focus the question of ethics and what people’s rights online consist of. And furthermore, if they are aware of these rights and able to exercise them. These are questions that the youth sector must deal with in its day-to-day work and one which policy and practice should constantly address.
✔️ What are digital rights? When we talk about digital rights, first of all, we are referring to human rights (the ones provided for in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights) that everyone should enjoy in the offline world, simply transferred to the digital sphere. As the UN puts it: “human rights apply both online and offline”. The European Guide on Human Rights for internet users outlines that human rights must be respected and protected in the digital sphere. In addition to basic human rights, such as the right to education, privacy, to be free from discrimination, etc. new behaviors such as the right to access the internet itself are increasingly being seen as an essential human right too.
💫 The event featured:
- Maryna Bykova, Project Manager and a Vice-Chairwoman at CGE Erfurt e.V. and Member of the European Digital Education Hub.
- Charline d'Oultremont, Consultant for UNESCO's Communications and Information Sector, Digital Innovation and Transformation Section, where she focuses on AI and the Rule of Law
💗 This was the fifth of six panel sessions hosted by SALTO Participation & Information Resource Centre (SALTO PI) and SALTO Inclusion and Diversity Resource Centre (SALTO I&D) as a part of the long-term training course: Inclusive & Participatory Digital Transformation.
📆 7 March 2023 | ONLINE
📆 27 September - 28 March 2023 | ONLINE
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