Digital Tools and Covid-19
Shifting Public–Private Boundaries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21550449 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anton Vedder (0000-0002-2585-0963, Vedder: KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law), Anastasia Siapka (0000-0001-8688-5492, Siapka: KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law), Ilaria Buri (0000-0003-1378-6754, Buri: Information Law, University of Amsterdam), Erik Kamenjašević (0000-0002-5160-7625, Kamenjašević: KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 435-463 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophical Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0556-8641 • E-ISSN: 1996-8523 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/05568641.2021.2019094 |
| OpenAlex | W4285368199 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
In this paper, we attempt to provide starting points for a discussion on immediate and longer term consequences of COVID-19-induced uses of digital technologies for the distinction of the public and the private spheres. We start with clarifying definitions of the public and the private spheres in relation to the concept of privacy. What is considered private is at least in part contextually determined by conventions and social, political, economic and technological developments. From this perspective, we set out to critically evaluate the COVID-19-induced large-scale introduction of new digital tools in two essential areas of life: the workplace and education. We discuss the role of technology and its immediate concomitant legal or ethical challenges. The paper concludes with reflections on the possible longer-term normative effects of the use of digital tools in the context of the COVID-19 containment on the demarcation of the public and private spheres
Business · Normative · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Law
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |