Australian Human Rights Commission
Human Rights in the Digital Age: Additional Material Submitted to the UN Global Digital Compact, 30 April 2023
Contents
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1
Introduction ............................................................................................... 3
2
Consultations ............................................................................................. 4
3
Protection of data...................................................................................... 5
3.1
Informed consent model .......................................................................... 5
3.2
Review of existing legislative frameworks .............................................. 7
3.3
Existing work and rights to privacy ......................................................... 8
3.4
How new and emerging technologies may risk privacy ........................ 10
4
Promoting the regulation of artificial intelligence .............................. 12
4.1
Algorithmic bias ..................................................................................... 12
4.2
AI Safety Commissioner ......................................................................... 13
4.3
Pessimism towards a timely legislative response ................................. 15
4.4
Safety by design ..................................................................................... 16
4.5
Impact assessments .............................................................................. 17
5
Applying human rights online ................................................................ 18
5.1
A model for regulation and promotion of human rights ....................... 19
6
Introducing accountability criteria for discrimination and misleading
content ..................................................................................................... 20
6.1
Model of regulation ............................................................................... 20
6.2
Freedom of expression .......................................................................... 21
7
Recommendations .................................................................................. 22