This report provides an illustrated guide to understanding digital rights: what they are, why we need them, and where they come from. It provides an explanation of what they mean in terms of legal entitlements, and how they can be used to evaluate the introduction of new technologies, projects, or policies.
The report emphasises the importance of collective action to secure for everyone the ability to exercise, defend, and expand their rights, and to promote the introduction of legislation and changes in norms and practices. It also suggests that the introduction of power analysis to the digital rights framework could add significant value in understanding hierarchies of ability to exercise, defend, and expand digital rights in practice.
The report concludes by providing information on digital rights organisations which are active in addressing digital rights violations.
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