ABSTRACT

This pioneering collection addresses the prospective fundamental/human right not to use the Internet and the challenges that the non- use of the Internet poses for democracy.

As the Internet has increasingly ceased to be a mere option and rather turned into a de facto obligation for anyone who exercises their rights or fulfils duties, these developments bring about profound ramifications for the very existence and the functioning of democracy, and therefore merit a critical reflection. With contributors from academia and legal practice from all over Europe, this edited volume offers timely critical analysis of the right not to use of the Internet, at times supplemented with policy advice and postulates for law reform.

This book is of key interest to scholars and students of – predominantly – law, political science and philosophy as well as to policymakers, judges and nongovernmental organisations at national, supranational and international levels.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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part I|133 pages

The concept and its consequences

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chapter 3|20 pages

Framing the right not to use the Internet

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chapter 4|12 pages

Human rights and the digital divide

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Recent developments in the case law of the Belgian Council of State 1
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chapter 6|14 pages

The right not to use the Internet

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Toward a negative digital freedom in Polish law
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chapter 7|15 pages

Non-use of the Internet as human rights enabler?

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The curious cases of the right to privacy and the right to health
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chapter 8|17 pages

Digital disconnection as a plight or right?

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A manifesto to re-imagine digital disconnection as a reasonable accommodation
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part II|115 pages

Contexts

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chapter 9|15 pages

Right not to use the Internet

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Lessons to be learned from the right not to be subject to automated decisions
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chapter 11|16 pages

Digitalisation of public services in Belgium

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Enshrining the right not to use the Internet in the Constitution 1
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chapter 12|15 pages

Is the dematerialisation of public services an elective progress?

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A sociological analysis of the (non)uses by older people in France 1
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chapter 13|18 pages

The ethics of choosing not to use the Internet

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A comparative case study of the education and healthcare sectors in Slovakia and Sweden
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chapter 15|15 pages

An exploration of the child's right not to use the Internet

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Disentangling from the digital web
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