Digital strategies include a lot of potential to strengthen the rights of society and individuals to advance the progress of the society and to the improvement of health and education.
However, Human Rights High Commissioner Bholkar Turk warned that the rapidly changing nature of these techniques is also seriously risky. For example, the rising threat that challenges the freedom of expression, the violation of privacy, discrimination and the understanding of the truth and reality we shared.
“When we are going through such changes, we need more human rights, no less, more human rights,” said the World Information Society Summit (WSIS) held in Turk Geneva on Monday.
Priority
The Human Rights High Commissioner said that human rights should be given priority during this rapid change and they have to be accepted as an outline of action.
The High Commissioner Turk said, “The responsibilities of the country and the technical agencies to respect human rights not only help to deal with misleading information, but also protect those who use data illegally.”
Furthermore, this guide helps prevent algorithmic bias and online disgusting speech and continues to make reliable and inclusive digital decisions.
The role of WSIS
The first meeting of WSIS, founded in the 21st, was held in two stages.
The first episode was held in Geneva on December 27 and the second was held in Tunis in Italy on November 22 2005.
This platform combines various stakeholders and develops a digital landscape and is trying to promote cooperation on the digital administration, which gives human-centric, inclusive and development a priority.
Human Rights High Commissioner Bholkar Turk said, “WSIS provided an opportunity to use information and communication strategies for development for development for countries, technical organizations, civil society and other groups.”
Change time
High Commissioner Turk said that many important decisions were being made on the control of the digital sector over the next months. These include new UN systems related to artificial intelligence (AI) and data management.
He said, “We have gold opportunities to change.”
He applied to all parties to create an inclusive and open digital environment in countries, technical agencies, international organizations, civil society, United, which is available everywhere for everyone.