This is called opt-in (as opposed to opt-out which is now ofthe the standard on social media platforms). The GDPR, among others, prescribes that privacy-sensitive settings should be opt-in, and the user must explicitly choose to allow the setting.
@Free, I mentioned Estonia in reaction to @micheleminno’s idea for users being in control of their own data. Estonia is very open to adopting law in support of their move to an all-digital government, and they may be a very good study case.
Regarding point 2) we already see this playing out all over the internet, with growing awareness of privacy, privacy becoming a USP for a company (think e.g. Apple), and government willingness to get stricter privacy regulations and laws in place. But a good digital (human) rights foundation would be a great means of giving direction to the effort.
Are you in on the human rights project, @Free?
Hi @ForbesOste, these are really interesting subject matter for our community. Don’t hesitate to post to the forum, or ask for help. Also, although we just started building them, we can promote things via our social media channels.
Do you see the Manifesto as in line with the topic of this thread, i.e. a Digital Human Rights Declaration project? Or as a separate initiative (that can be started from the new Ethics category). Note that I also have the idea (not posted yet) to have an AI Ethics Manifesto for Journalism project, based on an excellent article by @Ellen_sch.
Also in my awesome-humane-tech list, in the Ethics section, there are a number of existing Manifestos related to technology use.
If you think this is a separate subject, then we’ll create a new topic for the discussion.