The Digital Rights Delusion: Humans, Machines and the Technology of Information

This book explores the legal and constitutional implications of technology, including cyberspace and digital rights, and proposes novel approaches to protect our rights in an evolving environment. It highlights the abuse of the adjective digital and its demotion of legal rights into subjective and individual claims.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 188 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the profound and ever-evolving impact of technology on our lives, raising a multitude of legal and constitutional issues. It explores the extent to which concepts such as cyberspace and digital rights either advance or challenge our understanding of this transformative development. Through innovative approaches, it seeks to safeguard our rights in this rapidly evolving digital landscape. Furthermore, the book sheds light on how the misuse of the adjective "digital" has inadvertently diminished the significance of legal rights, reducing them to subjective and individual claims. This work is of utmost interest to scholars, researchers, policymakers, and the broader public, as it offers valuable insights into the complex interplay between technology, law, and society.

The work will be of particular interest to scholars of privacy, artificial intelligence and free speech, as well as policymakers and the general reader.

Weight: 306g
Dimension: 154 x 234 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032447308