Abstract: As artificial intelligence deeply integrates with big data, cloud computing, blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G technology, we have entered the digital age. In the past 2021, concepts such as metaverse, brain-computer interface, data compliance, face recognition, algorithm interpretation rights, platform economy, and cybersecurity review had attracted the wide attention of the public. The digital age challenges traditional human rights theories while facilitating people’s lives. Big data poses challenges to “human dignity;” the digital economy shatters traditional human rights; and “information men” affect the subjects of traditional human rights. The “Three Generations Theory of Human Rights” proposed by Karel Vasak has been widely known and accepted by the public, namely (1) civil and political rights; (2) economic, social and cultural rights; and (3) right to national self-determination. However, the development of the information revolution has given birth to the “fourth generation” of human rights that aim to protect human dignity and realize the value of humans to the greatest extent in the social relationship of dual space and ternary structure.

 

Keywords: Digital Human Rights; Rights Protection; Human Dignity

 

*About the author: Yu Shengqi, Doctor of Laws and lecturer of Shanghai University of Political Science and Law Papers published on journals: “Digital Legal Protection in Major Public Health Events,” “Risks and Legal Regulations of the Facial Recognition Technology,” among others.