Abstract The notion of digital rights has recently generated a number of political declarations and civil society initiatives across the world. By critically examining these declarations and academic debates on digital rights, this article asks: Why is it that information policy issues are increasingly framed in terms of individual rights? And on what understandings of rights do various political, corporate, and civil society declarations of digital rights rest? The article identifies four discourses of digital rights, linked to different ideological assumptions and political contexts. Finally, possible limitations and pathologies of the rights discourse are discussed.

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数字权利的四种话语：权利政治的承诺与问题

摘要 数字权利的概念最近在世界范围内产生了许多政治宣言和公民社会倡议。通过批判性地审视这些关于数字权利的声明和学术辩论，本文提出了一个问题：为什么信息政策问题越来越多地以个人权利为框架？各种关于数字权利的政治、企业和公民社会宣言是基于对权利的何种理解？本文确定了四种与不同意识形态假设和政治背景相关的数字权利话语。最后，讨论了权利话语的可能局限性和病态。