Human rights and digital technology : digital tightrope / Susan Perry, Claudia Roda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Susan (Professor)

Contributor:

Roda, Claudia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

xii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

Contents:

Relevant International Human Rights and Humanitarian Declarations and Treaties ; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: A Question of Balance; 1.1 Historical Overview; 1.2 Five Critical Issues; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 2: The Great Debate on Wireless Technology; 2.1 The Regulator's Dilemma; 2.2 Contested Science and Technology; 2.3 Measuring the Biological Impact of EMF; 2.4 Setting Standards; 2.5 Legislative Dearth in the USA and Europe; 2.6 Grassroots Activism in Paris; 2.7 Expanding the Regulatory Framework; Notes; Bibliography

Chapter 3: User Privacy in a World of Digital Surveillance3.1 Privacy Threats in Digital Systems; 3.2 The Legal Framework for Privacy; 3.3 Privacy-by-Design; 3.4 Digital Privacy as a Collective Value; Notes; Bibliography; Cases; Chapter 4: Online Censorship; 4.1 New (and Old) Censorship Theory; 4.2 Censorship Technology in China and in Europe; 4.3 Freedom of Expression in China and in Europe; 4.4 Contested Content and the Impact of Censorship; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 5: The Internet of Things; 5.1 Internet of Things Scenario One: Enabling the Disabled; 5.2 Wireless Technology

5.3 Internet of Things Scenario Two: Tracking User Profiles5.4 Location Privacy Issues; 5.5 Legal Ownership of Global Public Goods; 5.6 Extending Rousseau's Social Contract; 5.7 Scenario Three: What a Day!; 5.8 The Internet of Things-Technology; 5.9 Human-Machine Protocols; 5.10 Killer Robots, Prostheses, and Avatars; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Teaching Human Rights and Digital Technology; 6.1 Progressive Rights; 6.2 Attention in the Blended Classroom; 6.3 Teaching Human Rights and Digital Technology; 6.4 Digital Learning and Higher Education; Notes; Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1137588047

9781137588043

OCLC:

952789302