Privacy is a human right: Not a luxury or commodity, but fundamental to autonomy, dignity, and free thought in the digital age
Human dignity over extraction: We reject surveillance capitalism’s reduction of people to data points, challenging the commodification of human experience and cognition
Democracy requires algorithmic accountability: Technology wielded without democratic oversight and transparency threatens the foundations of self-governance
Rights must be enforceable: Aspirational principles without binding legal protections fail to shield people from digital harm
Collective governance of digital infrastructure: We must build the digital commons that serve public interest, not private profit, through participatory design and oversight
Cognitive liberty as fundamental freedom: The right to self-determination over one’s mind, attention, and epistemic environment in an age of persuasive technology
Building alternatives to surveillance capitalism: We champion and help create collectively governed digital systems as viable, ethical replacements for extractive models