Safeguarding Freedom by Setting Boundries in the Digital World

Year: 2024

Behind all these digital technologies, there are a number of choices when it comes to certain values. These include efficiency, accessibility, quality, profit and sustainability. As such, digitalisation has become a tool for pursuing certain goals and values. However, this process also raises questions surrounding some of these values. For example, when it comes to privacy, autonomy, security, equal treatment and democracy.

This book explores how key liberal values could form the basis for digitalisation policy. While acknowledging the opportunities that digitalisation offers, the authors also want to highlight certain risks it presents and the implications this can have society. If we identify, manage and mitigate these risks now, future generations will also be able to enjoy the full benefits of digitalisation and the possibilities it gives us.