Digital Rights Watch
STANDING UP FOR DIGITAL RIGHTS
Our vision is for a digital world where all humanity can thrive, and where diversity and creativity flourishes.
Digital Rights Watch exists to ensure fairness, freedoms and fundamental rights for all people who engage in the digital world.
Digital Rights Watch exists to ensure fairness, freedoms and fundamental rights for all people who engage in the digital world.
Privacy & Security
We believe in the fundamental right to privacy for all.
Personal Information & Data Rights
We believe governments, corporations and organisations should uphold basic privacy rights.
Power, Access & Technology
We advocate for increased transparency, accountability and oversight over the use of data.
Journalism & Information Flows
We believe in the value of strong, effective & accountable journalism.
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Cities for digital rights
Australians should be able to live their lives without being constantly watched, monitored and tracked.
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Facial recognition surveillance ban
The use of surveillance systems like facial recognition has gone too far - it's time we pushed back on this invasion of our privacy.
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COVID Policing
This collaborative project aims to document incidents, and examples from the public concerning COVID-19 policing, for use in monitoring and reporting, as well as legal advocacy and accountability.
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You've been targeted
Political parties, interest groups and individual candidates are all using Facebook microtargeting in their strategies to influence voters.
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![Digital identity is back baby!
Phase two of the public consultation for the government's Digital Identity Legislation is now underway, with submissions closing on 14 July.
Digital identity may not seem like a super glamorous area, but really, it's *fundamental* to how we can access services and interact with government and businesses online. But, with so much pressure from the private sector favouring corporate interests, and plenty of examples of digital identity schemes gone wrong around the world, it's really important that human rights are at the heart of the scheme. We should never trade human rights for the sake of convenience.
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