In this article, we aim to sensitise the information systems community about the dispossession of choice that the extended reliance on Internet technology creates for individuals. The overemphasis of digital inclusion as a solution to the digital divide problem frames Internet use as desirable in a progressive society but labels non‐use as problematic or a deficiency that needs to be remedied. This situation, we argue, creates a new modality of inequality that we term digital enforcement, defined as the process of dispossession that reduces choices for individuals who prefer to minimise their reliance on the Internet if given the opportunity or those who want to live their lives offline altogether. We present digital enforcement as an ethical problem and draw on the concepts of governmentality and technologies of power to explain how practices around Internet use in society result in digital enforcement. We conclude with a hopeful perspective to call for an ethical agenda to develop desirable futures.

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数字执法：重新思考对数字化社会的追求

在本文中，我们旨在让信息系统社区了解对互联网技术的长期依赖给个人带来的选择权剥夺。过分强调数字包容性作为解决数字鸿沟问题的方法将互联网的使用视为进步社会的理想选择，但将不使用标记为有问题或需要补救的缺陷。我们认为，这种情况创造了一种新的不平等模式，我们称之为数字执法，定义为剥夺的过程，它减少了那些希望在有机会的情况下尽量减少对互联网依赖的个人或那些想要过上自己生活的人的选择完全离线。我们将数字执法视为一个伦理问题，并利用政府性和权力技术的概念来解释社会中互联网使用的实践如何导致数字执法。我们以充满希望的观点结束，呼吁制定道德议程以发展理想的未来。