Internet architecture and infrastructure are generally not at the top of the concerns of end users, and the overlying logical arrangements of root services, domain names, and protocols remain largely invisible to its users. Recent developments, however—including massive user data leakages, hacks targeting social networking service providers, and behavioral micro‐targeting—have turned a spotlight on Internet governance defined broadly, and its relationship with civil liberties and human rights. The articles in this special issue examine the policymaking role of influential private intermediaries and private actors such as ICANN in enacting global governance via Internet architecture, exploring the implications of such a mode of governance for human rights. They consider: to what extent are human rights standards mediated and set via technical infrastructure, such as the DNS and platform policies, rather than by governmental structures? What are the implications of governance via Internet architecture for individual human rights? And what frameworks—be they legal, technological or policy‐related—are needed to address the contemporary privatization of human rights online, in order to ensure the effective protection of human rights in the digital age?

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互联网架构与人权：超越人权差距

互联网体系结构和基础结构通常不是最终用户最关心的问题，而且根服务，域名和协议的上层逻辑安排对其用户而言仍然基本上是不可见的。但是，最近的发展（包括大量的用户数据泄漏，针对社交网络服务提供商的黑客攻击以及行为微观定位）使人们对广泛定义的Internet治理及其与公民自由和人权的关系成为关注焦点。本期特刊中的文章探讨了有影响力的私营中介机构和ICANN等私营参与者在通过互联网体系结构实施全球治理中的决策作用，探讨了这种治理模式对人权的影响。他们认为：人权标准在多大程度上是通过DNS和平台政策等技术基础结构而非政府机构来调解和设定的？通过互联网体系结构进行治理对个人人权有什么影响？为了确保数字时代的人权得到有效保护，需要什么框架（无论是法律，技术还是政策方面的）来应对当代的在线人权私有化问题？