(ANSA) – ROME, JANUARY 26 – Putting people and their rights at the center of the digital world, supporting solidarity and inclusion, guaranteeing freedom of choice online, promoting participation in the digital public space, increasing security and empowering people and promoting sustainability. These are the principles and rights for the digital decade of the EU put in black and white by the European Commission and presented today. In summary, the mantra promoted by Brussels also in its most important legislative proposals to regulate digital (the Digital Services Act-Dsa and the Digital Markets Act-Dma) must apply to the entire digital world, from private services to those provided. from public administrations, from schools to health care: “the rights and freedoms enshrined in the EU legal framework and European values should be respected online as well as offline”. “We want safe technologies that work for people and respect our rights and values. Even when we are online. And we want everyone to have the power to take an active part in our increasingly digitized societies. This statement provides us with a clear point of reference. “, explained the vice president of the EU, Margrethe Vestager. The commitment, clarified by the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, is to create a new standard for respecting the values and rights of people online. An alternative standard to that of the USA, Russia and China. “We want Europeans to know that they can count on first-rate connectivity, continuous access to public services and a safe and fair digital space. The declaration of digital rights and principles also establishes once and for all that what is illegal offline should also be illegal online. We also aim to promote these principles as a standard for the whole world, “Breton stressed. (HANDLE).
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