The distinction between an individual’s private and public spheres has already been projected onto the digital world
The distinction between an individual’s private and public spheres has already been projected onto the digital world
By way of a response to the completely new challenges facing humanity, the distinction between an individual’s private and public spheres has already been projected onto the digital world. A new right, the right to data privacy, emerged in the 1970s, when computers first appeared, and quickly took over the world, adopted by liberal and authoritarian regimes with equal enthusiasm. (Of course, differing in the extent of its application, i.e. whether it also applies in full in the public sphere (i.e. the government, the public sector) too; whatever the case may be, the vast majority of states today have introduced legislation that tacitly subscribes to the individualism dichotomy, see also §26.00.02.) At its basis lies the assumption that individuals have a right to determine (in principle, at least) for themselves (i.e. through self-determination) how information that lies within their private spheres is used in both the analogue and the digital worlds. However, in this way the conundrum of the two spheres will be perpetuated—specifically, in an environment (system) where the supposed dichotomy of the two spheres could not be further from reality, due to the technical specifications of the digital world.
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