The Right to Digital Access

Infrastructure

Everyone has the right to the fundamental infrastructure necessary to access the internet and digital domain.

Access to digital infrastructure ensures equitable opportunities for all to participate in the digital domain. It is the responsibility of all stakeholders to recognize and commit to supporting this right, fostering an environment where access to digital infrastructure is not a privilege but a universally available resource.

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Map of Global Internet Usage

Digital Literacy

Everyone has the right to acquire digital literacy, including the skills necessary to understand, navigate, and engage with digital content.

Digital literacy includes the right to education and resources that empower individuals to protect their digital privacy, recognize and counter misinformation, and participate fully in the digital society. All stakeholders bear the responsibility to ensure that digital literacy education is accessible to all, respecting diverse needs, perspectives, and cultures, and facilitating an informed, inclusive digital domain.

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Freedom of Participation

Everyone has the right to freely participate in the digital space, safeguarded against unjust restrictions or censorship.

Every individual has the right to participate fully on the internet, including both accessing and publishing digital content. All stakeholders are responsible for protecting the free flow of information in the digital realm.

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Digital Cohesion

Everyone has the right to equal access and navigation in digital spaces regardless of digital profiling and algorithmic grouping.

Digital cohesion grants users the ability to seamlessly navigate digital spaces regardless of digital profiling and algorithmic grouping . The need for digital cohesion is seen through the proliferation of online echo chambers and filter bubbles that limit individual access to the whole Internet and divide humanity. In the interest of promoting social trust and restoring the right to freedom of information, all stakeholders are responsible for prioritizing an equal-access digital navigation experience.

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Algorithm Simulator


Digital Cohesion Algorithm Simulator

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You just got a new phone and you decide to download Instagram for the first time.

Write your username:

As you continue setting up your account, you are presented with a list of suggested public figures to follow.

Select the accounts you wish to follow:

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Now that your account is set up, you begin to scroll through people’s stories.

In between posts there is a video ad from your local grocery store announcing their in-store pharmacy now has free COVID and flu vaccinations.

Do you swipe through the video or stay and watch?

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You get a notification that you accidentally joined a random live stream hosted by someone with the username @renee_4trump2024.

Renee is livestreaming her dog playing at the dog park.

Do you stay and watch the live or exit?

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Search Engine

"Hey Siri, what is climate change?"

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