Today, digital justice is being stifled because technology is not prioritising democracy and fairness, but is instead used to rapidly increase human rights violations. For purposes of profit, control and political propaganda, many governments and corporations are expanding their resources and undercutting democratic principles. 

For instance, in today’s world, many of our political debates take place online. This has meant that Big Tech determines which voices get amplified and which get censored. All too often, this has resulted in hate speech and other sensational speech, which triggers more platform engagement and profit being amplified over more important human rights-centric narratives. Furthermore, governments are using technology to surveil and spy on ordinary people. Likewise, much of the technology used by governments today enables discriminatory and undemocratic practices. This is resulting in the tearing down of democratic controls and institutions, increased power inequality and more human rights violations. 

With the immense power of the autocratic and anti-rights movement, it has never been more important than now to band together and ensure that we push for a future that puts our equality, fairness and democracy first.  We developed the Digital Democracy Hub (Hub) in order to enable activists to collaborate and develop legal strategies that result in stronger human rights protections that put us first and hold Big Tech and governments accountable for technology-driven harms.