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Paper doi abstract bibtex Activities directed at "including" more people in the use of digital technology are predicated on the assumption that such inclusion is invariably a good thing. It appears so, when judged solely by immediate practical convenience. However, if we also judge in terms of human rights, whether digital inclusion is good or bad depends on what kind of digital world we are to be included in. If we wish to work toward digital inclusion as a goal, it behooves us to make sure it is the good kind. [Excerpt: Introduction] Digital information and communication technology offers the possibility of a new world of freedom. It also offers possibilities of surveillance and control which dictatorships of the past could only struggle to establish. The battle to decide between these possibilities is being fought now. [\n] Activities directed at ” including” more people in the use of digital technology are predicated on the assumption that such inclusion is invariably a good thing. It appears so, when judged solely by immediate practical convenience. However, if we judge also in terms of human rights, the question of whether digital inclusion is good or bad depends on what kind of digital world we are to be included in. If we wish to work toward digital inclusion as a goal, it behooves us to make sure it is the good kind. [\n] The digital world today faces six major threats to users' freedom: [::] surveillance, [::] censorship, [::] proprietary software, [::] restricted formats, [::] software as a service, and [::] copyright enforcement. [\n] A program to promote ” digital inclusion” must take account of these threats, so as to avoid exposing its intended beneficiaries to them. First we look at the nature of these threats; then we propose measures to resist them, collectively and individually. [\n] [...]
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title = {Is Digital Inclusion a Good Thing? {{How}} Can We Make Sure It Is?},
author = {Stallman, Richard M.},
date = {2010-02},
journaltitle = {Communications Magazine, IEEE},
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abstract = {Activities directed at "including" more people in the use of digital technology are predicated on the assumption that such inclusion is invariably a good thing. It appears so, when judged solely by immediate practical convenience. However, if we also judge in terms of human rights, whether digital inclusion is good or bad depends on what kind of digital world we are to be included in. If we wish to work toward digital inclusion as a goal, it behooves us to make sure it is the good kind.
[Excerpt: Introduction] Digital information and communication technology offers the possibility of a new world of freedom. It also offers possibilities of surveillance and control which dictatorships of the past could only struggle to establish. The battle to decide between these possibilities is being fought now.
[\textbackslash n] Activities directed at ” including” more people in the use of digital technology are predicated on the assumption that such inclusion is invariably a good thing. It appears so, when judged solely by immediate practical convenience. However, if we judge also in terms of human rights, the question of whether digital inclusion is good or bad depends on what kind of digital world we are to be included in. If we wish to work toward digital inclusion as a goal, it behooves us to make sure it is the good kind.
[\textbackslash n] The digital world today faces six major threats to users' freedom: [::] surveillance, [::] censorship, [::] proprietary software, [::] restricted formats, [::] software as a service, and [::] copyright enforcement. [\textbackslash n] A program to promote ” digital inclusion” must take account of these threats, so as to avoid exposing its intended beneficiaries to them. First we look at the nature of these threats; then we propose measures to resist them, collectively and individually.
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