Preamble
WHEREAS the digital realm has become integral to the conduct of human affairs, and WHEREAS the rights of individuals in digital spaces must be secured for the preservation of liberty, WE THE PEOPLE establish these fundamental digital rights and prohibitions:
Annotations
- Amendment I: Protects against digital censorship
- Amendment II: Establishes digital authorship rights
- Amendment III: Guards against unwanted digital surveillance
- Amendment IV: Protects digital privacy and data
- Amendment V: Ensures due process in automated systems
- Amendment VI: Guarantees transparency in algorithmic decisions
- Amendment VII: Protects against hidden digital agreements
- Amendment VIII: Prevents exploitative digital practices
- Amendment IX: Ensures universal digital accessibility
- Amendment X: Prohibits discriminatory digital practices
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law, nor shall any digital platform enact any policy, suppressing digital content without just cause, and no entity shall abridge the freedom of digital speech, expression, or the right of the people to peaceably assemble in digital spaces.
Amendment II
The right of the people to create, own, and maintain digital works being necessary to the preservation of a free digital society, the right of the people to digital authorship shall not be infringed.
Amendment III
No surveillance mechanism shall, without the consent of the user, be deployed in any personal digital space, nor shall any entity maintain persistent observation in time of peace or conflict.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their digital persons, interfaces, communications, and effects, against unreasonable surveillance and data collection, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the digital place to be searched, and the persons or data to be seized.
Amendment V
No person shall be compelled to surrender digital privacy without due process of digital law; nor shall private data be taken for public use, without just compensation and explicit consent; nor shall any automated system render judgment without transparency and means of appeal.
Amendment VI
In all algorithmic determinations affecting rights, the user shall enjoy the right to speedy and public explanation of the process, to be informed of the nature and cause of the computation, to be confronted with the logic used against them, and to have access to review by human agents for their defense.
Amendment VII
In digital transactions, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of explicit informed consent shall be preserved, and no fact processed by algorithm shall be otherwise re-examined than according to the rules of digital law.
Amendment VIII
No cruel or unusual technical exploits shall be deployed, nor excessive digital restrictions imposed, nor unwarranted technological constraints inflicted.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in these digital spaces of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people, including equal access to and participation in the digital commons regardless of condition, location, or means.
Amendment X
No preferential treatment of digital traffic shall be established, nor shall any entity enforce systems of discriminatory content delivery based upon payment or influence, and the powers not delegated to platforms by explicit consent, nor prohibited by them to the users, are reserved to the people respectively.
Drafted by Digital Freedom Now, in the Year Two Thousand Twenty-Five of the AI Era