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YOUR DIGITAL RIGHTS

Are digital rights part of the rights you should enjoy as citizen of Nigeria ?

Well ! Digital rights are basically human rights in the internet era. It is the right to your online privacy and freedom of expression. These rights are the extension of the equal and inalienable rights laid out in the united nations Universal Declaration of Human rights,vide Article 19 (UDHR)

Digital rights are those legal rights that allows individual to access,use,create and publish digital media or to access and use computer, other electronic devices and telecommunication networks.

It is imperative to note that one of the most basic means through which the citizens have been able to meaningfully participate in governance in democracies has been through guarantee of human rights and by extension the digital rights and freedom of expression.

As a result of the above,digital rights ,particularly the rights to privacy and freedom of expression matters and of essence because our lives and activities are shaped or conducted via the internet. Hence, we need to understand how important our data is and how our data is being used by companies, government, and internet paladins such as Google and Facebook, whether it is been handled fairly and honourably or sold or given out without your consent.
Have you ever asked yourself if your digital rights are being respected ? This is a question you'd answer after considering some of the things you venture into or accept out of negligence or ignorance, I.e.the terms and conditions u accept without reading etc...

Who is looking at your (my) data ?
Government, companies, and cyber criminals can easily collect your data, (personal data) and track your movement and communications. Should we be worried about all these ? Well ,this has to do with (y)our personal details. Have you ever cared to know how NCDC /government got your number to send all those messages across to you...have your details been handled scrupulously?

Privacy is one of your most important right vide section 37, Nigeria constitution 1999, see also section 39 which provides for right to freedom of expression and press. Of a truth ,in the digital world, privacy is a question of personal information, automated judgements and profiling.

Conclusively, digital rights and freedom of expression antagonize any attempt to limit free speech under any guise.
So, disconnecting people from the internet violates these rights and goes against international law.