Resistance, Liberation Technology and Human Rights in the Digital Age

• Main Author: Ziccardi, Giovanni. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Law, Governance and Technology Series ; 7
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Philosophy of law.; Computer science.; Computers > Law and legislation.; Criminal Law.; Mass media > Law and legislation.; Constitutional law.; Philosophy.; Philosophy of Law.; Media Law.; Legal Aspects of Computing.; Constitutional Law.; Computers and Society.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5276-4

This book explains strategies, techniques, legal issues and the relationships between digital resistance activities, information warfare actions, liberation technology and human rights. It studies the concept of authority in the digital era and focuses in particular on the actions of so-called digit...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Opening Remarks: Hacking and Digital Dissidence
• Chapter 2 Digital Resistance, Digital Liberties and Digital Transparency
• Chapter 3 Hacking and Digital Dissidence Activities
• Chapter 4 Digital Resistance, Digital Liberties and Human Rights
• Chapter 5 The Use of Liberation Technology
• Chapter 6 Digital Activism, Internet Control, Transparency, Censorship, Surveillance and Human Rights: an International Perspective
• Chapter 7 Conclusions: the Landscape of Digital Liberties and the Future
• Index. � �.