A DECLARATION OF DIGITAL INDEPENDENCE

-- By ChloeJo - 25 Oct 2024 (edited. 29 Dec 2024)

This pastiche adapts the 18th-century Declaration. By imitating the document's structure and language, my intention is to show how 18th century rhetoric addresses contemporary concerns in surveillance capitalism and highlight the fundamental value of freedom, autonomy, and democratic accountability.

The unanimous Declaration of the connected users of the digital world. When in the course of virtual events, it