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Ethics of digital transformation

Zarata mediatikoz beteriko garai nahasiotan, merkatu logiketatik urrun eta irakurleengandik gertu dagoen kazetaritza beharrezkoa dela uste baduzu, ARGIA bultzatzera animatu nahi zaitugu. Geroz eta gehiago gara, jarrai dezagun txikitik eragiten.

I have been talking to a colleague of all the aids to reduce the ‘digital divide’: from the private sector, from Europe, from the state, from the government… Among the quotation marks I place the digital divide, as many problems that existed before its implementation are called digital gaps. So those of us who are working on this issue, on the pretext of the digital divide, we see that we are intervening in many other problems. Among other things, we say that a person who cannot read has a digital divide when he cannot do a digital processing, but this problem would also exist without a digital transformation. We call the digital divide a child with comprehension problems not to do work online, but their problem has another origin. I do not know whether these other tasks we are doing in the name of the “digital divide” are for good or for bad. Maybe, although not everything is a digital divide, we're strengthening inclusion. Or maybe we're just patches to avoid tackling the real problem.

In this way, moreover, we cannot apply our critical views, because we often work under other forces. In this regard, I found the recent European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles for the Digital Decade of the European Commission interesting. In this regard, it is a question of seeking open-ended digital sovereignty, and digital transformation should have the following values: putting people at the centre of digital transformation; supporting solidarity and integration through connectivity, education, training and digital capabilities; reinforcing the importance of freedom of choice in our relations with algorithms and artificial intelligence systems; promoting participation in the public digital arena; enhancing the security, protection and empowerment of personal data;

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