Code: S3C1
ECTS: 6
Semester: 3rd
This course critically examines the complex interplay between fundamental human rights and the rapid advancements in digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI). It explores the challenges and opportunities presented by these technologies, analyzing their impact on rights such as privacy, freedom of expression, non-discrimination, and due process.
Introduction to the relationship between fundamental rights and digital transformation; human rights frameworks in relation to digital technologies and artificial intelligence; privacy, personal data protection, and digital surveillance; freedom of expression, access to information, content moderation, and platform governance; discrimination, bias, and fairness in algorithmic systems; accountability, transparency, and explainability in automated decision-making; due process and the implications of AI in public and private sector decision environments; legal, ethical, and social dimensions of digital rights protection; contemporary regulatory approaches and governance debates; critical examination of the balance between technological innovation, public interest, and rights-based protections.
- Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology
- Adaptability to new situations
- Decision-making
- Working independently
- Working in an interdisciplinary environment
- Respect for difference and multiculturalism
- Respect for the natural environment
- Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
- Criticism and self-criticism
- Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
Knowledge
- explain the relationship between fundamental rights and the development of digital and AI-based systems;
- describe legal, ethical, and societal issues relating to privacy, freedom of expression, non-discrimination, accountability, and due process;
- identify major regulatory and normative approaches relevant to digital rights and AI governance.
Skills
- analyse digital and AI practices from the perspective of rights protection and ethical responsibility;
- assess the implications of algorithmic decision-making and platform governance for individuals and societies;
- formulate reasoned arguments regarding tensions between innovation, regulation, and human rights.
Competences
- critically engage with the normative dimensions of digital transformation;
- demonstrate ethical and socially responsible judgement in the assessment of technology-related issues;
- integrate legal, ethical, and socio-technical perspectives in the study of digital systems.
