digital rights
Sign in to savehuman rights that allowing individuals to access, use, create, and publish digital media or to access and use computers, other electronic devices, or communications networks
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- Subclass of
- human rights
- Country
- Greece
- Main subject
- democracy
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- HumanRightsLogo.svg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Digital rights
- Commons category
- Digital rights
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Human rights
- different from
- digital rights management
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Encyclopedic overview
Digital rights are the human rights and legal rights that enable individuals to access, use, create, and publish digital media, as well as to access and use computers, other electronic devices, and telecommunications networks. The concept is particularly related to the protection and realization of existing rights, such as the right to privacy and freedom of expression, in the context of digital technologies, particularly the Internet. The laws of several countries recognize a right to Internet access. Digital rights are often discussed in relation to issues such as online privacy, freedom of expression, access to information, and the regulation of digital technologies by states and private actors.
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