As digital technologies become an integral part of everyday life, from the home to public services, organisations from across society are looking for ways to promote positive citizenship fit for this new context.
In a recently-published non-paper, a working group gathering researchers, civil society organisations, think tanks and tech companies, including the Lisbon Council, Meta and the European Youth Forum, came together to devise five pillars on which a new concept of digital citizenship could rest.
Spanning well-being, media literacy, digital empowerment and opportunities, the pillars offer starting points for digital policymaking to both equip people with the capabilities to protect themselves in the online world and ensure that its benefits are equally distributed across society.
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Digital citizenship: A new proposal for an inclusive future
Est. 5minA stakeholder-led initiative is pushing for a rethink of inclusion in the digital transformation, focusing on the idea of digital citizenship.
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Expanded education central to digital wellbeing, says practitioner
Est. 5minDigital education must be broader than hard digital skills and break free of the online-offline divide, those working in digital wellbeing have said.
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Is the EU’s AI Act Enabling Trustworthy AI? Testing Its Effectiveness With the Open Loop Initiative
Est. 4minAI is at the core of our work, helping to improve our existing products and serving as a foundation for innovative new applications. It has recently hit an inflection point in capturing the imagination of the general public and people …