Re: <nettime> Digital Citizenship: from liberal privilege to democratic

[olia lialina <olia@profolia.org>]

Dear Richard

It's impossible to disagree, the only problem is that  there are no 
digital citizenship and digital citizens.
In the end of the day this form of address is more sedative than empowering.
We are computer users. And I don't mean that we should accept it. We 
should rather insist on it! And fight for the User Rights.
The rights to log out (as solid guarantee for constitutional right to 
privacy), to see the computer, to own data,
 symmetrical access, full control over the computing that my computer 
does, to undo, etc (more suggested at 
http://userrights.contemporary-home-computing.org/)

I know that calling yourself a computer user is not that appealing as 
netizen or digital citizen, but in times of invisible computing User is 
the best (the last) reminder that there are those who developed the 
system and those who use it, and that you are dealing with the 
programmed system first and foremost.
The better future and truly human civilization you are anticipating can 
only be build by those aware/educated about their role, freedoms and 
duties as users.

greetings

olia


On 23.03.2015 04:02, Richard Barbrook wrote:

> In the second decade of the 21st century, citizenship is defined not
> just by the people being able to choose the political leadership of
> their nation through regular elections, but also by the legal protection
> of their human rights, such as media freedom, personal privacy, fair
> trials and religious toleration.
[...]
>   The creation
> of a Net Bill of Rights codifies the mutually agreed principles for
> regulating individuals' on-line activities in the common interest. By
> collectively defining a new vision of digital citizenship, this
> generation can make its own world-historical contribution towards
> building a truly human civilisation. The better future must be
> anticipated in the troubled present.  Let's seize this opportunity to
> transform our utopian dreams into everyday life!
>
> Richard Barbrook,
> 8th March 2015,
> London, England.
<...>


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