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title: XIV.D. Digital Rights and Online Freedoms
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# XIV.D. Digital Rights and Online Freedoms

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# **Sectors**

The contributors of the *AI & Human Rights Index* have identified the following sectors as responsible for both using AI to protect and advance this human right.

- [ART: Arts and Culture](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/art/)
- [COM: Media and Communication](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/com/)
- [GOV: Government and Public Sector](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/gov/)
- [TECH: Technology and IT](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/tech/)

# AI’s Potential Violations

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# AI’s Potential Benefits

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# Human Rights Instruments

## Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

G.A. Res. 217 (III) A, [Universal Declaration of Human Rights](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ARES217-A-III-UDHR.pdf), U.N. Doc. A/RES/217(III) (Dec. 10, 1948)

Article 19

> Everyone has the right to [Freedom](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/freedom/) of opinion and expression; this right includes [Freedom](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/freedom/) to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

## International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)

G.A. Res. 2200A (XXI),[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ARES2200-A-XXI-ICCPR.pdf), U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 999 U.N.T.S. 171 (Dec. 16, 1966)

Article 17

> 1. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his [Privacy](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/privacy/), family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation.
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> 2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 19

> 1. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference.
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> 2. Everyone shall have the right to [Freedom](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/freedom/) of expression; this right shall include [Freedom](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/freedom/) to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice.
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> 3. The exercise of the rights provided for in paragraph 2 of this article carries with it special duties and responsibilities. It may therefore be subject to certain restrictions, but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary:
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> (b) For the protection of national [Security](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/security/) or of public order (ordre public), or of public health or morals.

## European Union, General [Data](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/data/) Protection Regulations (2016)

## United Nations (2019)

G.A. Res. 73/179, [United Nations General Assembly Resolution on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ARES73179.pdf), U.N. Doc. A/RES/73/179 (Jan. 21, 2019)

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**Last Updated:**  April 17, 2025

**Research Assistant:**  Aarianna Aughtry

**Contributor:**  To Be Determined

**Reviewer:**  To Be Determined

**Editor:**  Alexander Kriebitz

**Subject:**  Human Right

**Edition:**  Edition 1.0 Research

**Recommended Citation:**  "XIV.D. Digital Rights and Online Freedoms, Edition 1.0 Research." In *[AI & Human Rights Index](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index)*, edited by Nathan C. Walker, Dirk Brand, Caitlin Corrigan, Georgina Curto Rex, Alexander Kriebitz, John Maldonado, Kanshukan Rajaratnam, Tanya de Villiers-Botha, and Hisham Zawil. New York: All Tech is Human; Camden, NJ: AI Ethics Lab at Rutgers University, 2026. Accessed October 21, 2026. [https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/xiv-d-digital-rights/](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/xiv-d-digital-rights/).