Essays about: "Digital rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 141 essays containing the words Digital rights.

  1. 1. Countering Terrorist Content Online: Removal = Success? : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the EU Regulation 2021/784

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Nina McCarthy Hartman; [2024]
    Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Content Moderation; Counter-Terrorism; EU;

    Abstract : This thesis critically interrogates the underlying assumptions which legitimise the hard regulation of online platforms regarding terrorist content, by turning to the case of the EU Regulation 2021/784. Utilising qualitative critical discourse analysis, the study analyses how the EU's strategy against terrorist content online is discursively legitimised through the lens of Theo van Leeuwen's framework for discursive legitimisation strategies, focusing on moral and rational justifications. READ MORE

  3. 2. GDPR Compliance in EU-US Data Transfers - Examining the impact of the EU Commission’s 2023 adequacy decision on surveillance risks

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Linda Kidwell; [2024]
    Keywords : General Data Protection Regulation; Adequacy Decision; EU Commission; Surveillance law; Third country data transfers; US intelligence agencies; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : International data transfers serve to support the global economy, facilitating international collaboration and economic expansion. However this increased productivity comes at a cost, namely amplified personal data privacy and security risks. READ MORE

  4. 3. Blockchain-based e-voting system without digital ID: A Proof-of-Concept

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för matematik och datavetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Leonard Schick; [2024]
    Keywords : Computer science; Cryptography; Crypto; Blockchain; Distributed systems; e-voting; electronic voting; Ethereum; Hyperledger; Hyperledger besu; Decentralization; Datavetenskap; Kryptografi; Blockkedja; Distribuerade system; e-röstning; Elektronisk röstning; Blinda signaturer; Ethereum; Hyperledger Besu; Decentralisering;

    Abstract : Electronic voting systems have the potential to offer a cost effective, secure and transparent way of communicating with the citizens, increasing trust and participation. However creating a secure open source electronic voting system providing confidentiality and transparency with sufficient performance has long been a challenge. READ MORE

  5. 4. Lost in the Metaverse - Navigating Privacy Challenges in the Jurisdiction of Virtual Worlds

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Adeline Fredriksson; [2023-08-11]
    Keywords : Metaverse; Human rights; Privacy; Jurisdiction;

    Abstract : The Metaverse consists of a set of emerging technologies that could be as disruptive as the internet, enabling seamless integration of our digital and physical lives. While offering a wide array of exciting application areas, the technologies also allow for intrusions on our privacy at a higher level than has ever been possible. READ MORE

  6. 5. Will article 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market alter the fair balance between copyright and the freedom of expression and information? 

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Jesper Ågren; [2023-02-15]
    Keywords : Digital Single Market; Copyright; Freedom of expression and information; Fair Balance;

    Abstract : In 2019 the controversial article 17 of the Directive (2019/790) on Copyright in the Digital Single Market was passed in the EU Parliament. The article sparked some of the biggest protests against an EU legislative reform ever. READ MORE