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2.3.6Global Politics SL11 flashcards

Digital rights and privacy

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What are digital rights?

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What are digital rights?

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Human rights as they apply online — the right to privacy, free expression online, control over your own data, and access to the internet.

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Who threatens digital rights?

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Both states (through mass surveillance and censorship) and Big Tech companies (through harvesting and selling personal data).

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What is data protection?

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Rules controlling how personal data is collected and used, giving people rights over their own data — a key digital-rights safeguard.

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What is the 'chilling effect'?

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When people who know they are watched censor themselves, so surveillance quietly silences free expression and dissent.

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Why is mass surveillance a good example?

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Governments and Big Tech collect vast personal data, eroding privacy and, through the chilling effect, free expression.

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Why is Big Tech a rights issue?

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A few companies hold data on billions and shape what they see, so their power over privacy and information rivals states' — but they are unaccountable.

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What is the privacy-vs-security debate online?

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Whether mass data collection to fight crime and terrorism is worth the loss of privacy for everyone.

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Why does losing privacy weaken other rights?

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People who feel watched censor themselves, so surveillance chills free expression and dissent even without a direct ban.

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How can digital tools also expand rights?

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The internet gives a global voice and access to information, expanding expression and participation — a double edge.

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Why are digital rights hard to enforce?

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The internet crosses borders, states disagree on rules, and Big Tech is global, so no single country can fully protect them alone.

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What does protecting digital rights require?

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Strong, enforceable rules that check BOTH government surveillance and corporate data harvesting, not just one.

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