Conundrum Of The Advances And Restrictions Of Digital Rights And Face Recognition

  Suresh Kumar Gigoo,  Beena Gigoo

In an increasingly Internet penetrated world, helped now, by the imminent rolling out of 5G technologies and faster fibre lines ,even in underdeveloped countries, the power of information and always-on connections on web through many channels has truly democratised the world. The boundaries of developed and developing world are vanishing by the day with some great and innovative work in digital enablement and payments emerging from such countries like Kenya, India, Indonesia, South Africa and other countries. The new paradigm of social media has played a significant role in improving the lives of citizens and disadvantaged. The MeToo movement, swift mobilisation/help during disasters/floods and recent Covid-19 pandemic has unlocked the potential of social media in many ways. However, some elements have also piggybacked or misused the social media for ulterior motives/nefarious ends. The present world is a paradox. While the need for digital rights is getting ever stronger by the day, with several curbs/filters maturing in traditional geographies like Europe, paradoxically the world is getting ever open/transparent with ubiquitous power of CCTVs and now Face Recognition, biometrics, Artificial Intelligence playing role in increasing transparency/openness but with attendant truncation in privacy. But, in today’s world already digital adoption is a fact of life. The debate between privacy and transparency notwithstanding, the world will increasingly be more open and less private. Facebook is a good case study where face recognition has been increasingly adopted and accepted by customers. The paper will examine the evolving scenario of digital rights and the paradox of adoption of new generation invasion of such technologies like face recognition, artificial intelligence etc.

Keywords- Digital Rights, GDPR, Digital Privacy, Digital Transparency and Security, Artificial Intelligence, Face Recognition, Facebook

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR2002033
Page Number(s) - 179-188
Pubished in - Volume 8 | Issue 2 | April 2020
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Suresh Kumar Gigoo,  Beena Gigoo,   "Conundrum Of The Advances And Restrictions Of Digital Rights And Face Recognition", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.8, Issue 2, pp.179-188, April 2020, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR2002033.pdf