Nobel Prize laureates have joined 562 authors from 81 countries around the world to sign a petition demanding that the UN create an international ‘digital bill of rights’ to put an end to government surveillance activities and the erosion of the human right to privacy in the digital age. The petition is likely to be
UN Passes Internet Privacy Resolution Recognising Human Rights Online
By Cynthia O’Donoghue on
The UN General Assembly’s Human Rights Committee has announced that a draft resolution sponsored by Brazil and Germany, ‘The Right To Privacy in the Digital Age,’ has been unanimously approved.
The resolution recognises that rapid technological development has created new opportunities for governments and organisations to undertake surveillance and interception in violation of…