Digital safety: Applying human rights in the digital world
Sep 10, 2024 · Our world is increasingly reliant on digital connectivity for education, business and services. The urgency to ensure a safe online environment has never been greater. The World Economic Forum's Global Coalition for Digital Safety is a multistakeholder initiative leading the charge in fostering global collaboration for enhanced digital safety.
Here's how we should navigate digital safety globally
Feb 7, 2024 · Measuring digital safety: We are working to define how to measure digital safety better to track the real impact of the efforts and actions of stakeholders. While there is a recognized challenge in measuring safety, the coalition aims to identify these challenges and provide a classification to think about metrics and measurements for online ...
A new set of global principles is advancing digital safety and …
Jan 9, 2023 · Billions of people around the world rely on digital services for education, work and social interaction. Delivering safe and secure online experiences is essential for global businesses, civil society groups and individuals alike. The World Economic Forum's Global Coalition for Digital Safety engages global leaders to advance user safety online.
Explainer: What is digital trust in the intelligent age?
Nov 14, 2024 · The World Economic Forum’s 2022 report Earning Digital Trust defined digital trust as the promise “that digital technologies and services – and the organizations providing them – will protect all stakeholders’ interests and uphold societal expectations and values”. Leaders in technology development earn trust when they set ambitious ...
The latest technology shaping the future of digital safety
Sep 22, 2022 · The Global Coalition for Digital Safety is working with key stakeholders to advance a range of principles, technologies and tools and policy frameworks that provide a holistic approach to improving safety online. Technology advancements are a core, tangible way to begin seeing progress in improving digital spaces for users worldwide.
This is why you need to know more about digital trust and safety
Feb 15, 2022 · The digital economy is diverse, encompassing some of the world’s largest social media platforms and small startups that may become the next tech giants. We need trust and safety practices that can accommodate companies of different sizes with their own values and products and services with safety risks of varying severity and likelihood.
Global Digital Compact's focus on digital trust and security
Apr 24, 2024 · The recently unveiled zero draft of the United Nations Global Digital Compact, aimed to create an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital future for all, has brought significant attention to digital trust and safety, among other topics covered, such as digital inclusion, data governance and artificial intelligence (AI).
Blockchain can help create privacy-preserving digital ID
Mar 30, 2023 · The web3 solution to this problem removes the need for an identity provider. It replaces that intermediary with public blockchain infrastructure where the user stores their digital identity metadata while keeping their personal information offline in their digital wallet with verified credentials signed by their various credential issuers e.g. a university issuing a credential of …
What is e-voting? Who’s using it and is it safe?
Apr 4, 2024 · Internet access and digital technology are crucial for reducing social and economic inequalities, the World Economic Forum says. Yet 2.6 billion people in the world are still offline . This is the core focus of the EDISON Alliance , a Forum initiative to widen access globally to digital technology.
4 principles for securing the digital identity ecosystem
Mar 18, 2021 · For example, a citizen may establish reputational trust around their digital identity that can then be used to post online information or receive threat alerts, such as compromised email addresses or other information that may be shared among organizations in the ecosystem. Strong digital identity systems should enable bi-directional trust.