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Title page 1

Contents 3

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4

ABOUT THIS REPORT 6

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7

1. INTRODUCTION 12

2. BACKGROUND 14

2.1. DEFINING DIGITAL RIGHTS 14

2.2. POTENTIAL SHORTCOMINGS OF CURRENT DIGITAL RIGHTS DEFINITIONS 19

3. DIGITAL RIGHTS TRENDS 20

3.1. FOUNDATIONAL WAVE 20

3.2. PRIVACY WAVE 20

3.3. DIVERSIFICATION OF DIGITAL RIGHTS WAVE 21

3.4. PREVENTATIVE WAVE 22

3.5. DECOLONISING WAVE 22

3.6. DEMOCRATISATION WAVE 23

4. DIGITAL RIGHTS CHALLENGES IN THE UK AND EU 24

4.1. IT'S "AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD" 24

4.2. DIGITAL RIGHTS AS EMANCIPATION, NOT IN TENSION WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH 26

4.3. DIGITAL RIGHTS EXEMPTIONS: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MIGRATION CONTROL 27

4.4. IMPLEMENTATION AND REDRESS - "BEAUTIFUL WORDS ON PAPER... IT DOESN'T MEAN S***T" 28

4.5. DIFFICULTIES DEFENDING COLLECTIVE AND SOCIETAL HARMS 30

4.6. RIGHTS INTER-DEPENDENCIES, TRADE-OFFS AND COORDINATION IN UK ADVOCACY 31

4.7. DIGITAL ACCESS AND SKILLS - A DIVERGENCE BETWEEN THE UK AND WIDER WORLD 33

5. OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCING DIGITAL RIGHTS 34

5.1. UK OPPORTUNITIES 34

5.2. REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EUROPE AND OTHER REGIONS 37

5.3. GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE DIGITAL ACCESS 38

CONCLUSION 39

APPENDIX: POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE APPROACHES CASE STUDIES 41

CASE STUDY 1. DATA PRIVACY 42

CASE STUDY 2. BALANCING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITH ONLINE SAFETY IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS 49

CASE STUDY 3. HUMAN-CENTRIC TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT 62

CASE STUDY 4. DIGITAL SKILLS 69

CASE STUDY 5. DIGITAL ACCESS 73

Figures 16

FIGURE 1. 'DIGITAL RIGHTS' FRAMEWORKS AND RIGHTS EXAMPLES 16

Appendix Tables 44

TABLE 1. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF GDPR IN THE UK THROUGH THE LENS OF DIGITAL RIGHTS 44

TABLE 2. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE DIGITAL SERVICES ACT IN THE EU THROUGH THE LENS OF DIGITAL RIGHTS 51

TABLE 3. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE ONLINE SAFETY ACT IN THE UK THROUGH THE LENS OF DIGITAL RIGHTS 55

TABLE 4. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE EU'S AI ACT THROUGH THE LENS OF DIGITAL RIGHTS 63