Digital Spaces, Rights and Responsibilities: Towards a Duty of Care Model in Southern Africa
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2023), 14 pp.
ISBN 978-99945-56-04-5
"In this article, the intersection between digital spaces, rights, and responsibilities in an interconnected platformising world is highlighted. Besides unpacking structural harms and unfreedoms accompanying this platformisation, it also proposes a duty of care model rooted in the African philosophy of Ubuntu." (Page 1)
1 Abstract, 2
2 Introduction, 3
3 Defining digital spaces/platforms, 4
4 A brief history of digital spaces / platforms, 5
5 Why digital rights? 7
6 What are digital rights and responsibilities? 8
7 Ubuntu and digital responsibilities, 9
8 Role players in the digital ecosystem, 10
9 Digital platforms and structural harms, 11
10 Towards a duty of care model, 13
2 Introduction, 3
3 Defining digital spaces/platforms, 4
4 A brief history of digital spaces / platforms, 5
5 Why digital rights? 7
6 What are digital rights and responsibilities? 8
7 Ubuntu and digital responsibilities, 9
8 Role players in the digital ecosystem, 10
9 Digital platforms and structural harms, 11
10 Towards a duty of care model, 13
