The Digital Rights Delusion

Andrea Monti is an Italian lawyer, journalist, and academic, whose expertise ranges from biotechnology to privacy and high-tech law. He previously taught Public Order and Security at the Gabriele d’Annunzio, University of Chieti, Italy, where he is now an Adjunct Professor of Digital Law. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Cybersecurity Contracts at the da Vinci online University in Italy. Over the last few years, he has delivered lectures as part of the Italian State Police training programmes. He has published several papers on bio-information, computer forensics, technology, and public order, as well as books on computer hacking. His most recent publications are Protecting Personal Information: The Right to Privacy Reconsidered (2019), COVID-19 and Public Policy in the Digital Age (2021), National Security in the New World Order (2022) with Raymond Wacks, and, in Italian, Cybercrime e responsabilità da reato degli enti (2022).

1. Ain’t no such thing as ‘cyberspace’ 2. The quest for digital rights 3. Social Networks and Rights 4. Encryption and Rights 5. AI, Robots and (their?) rights 6. Conclusions