The role of UX in digital rights

Abstract

Digital rights overviews the rights to online privacy, access to information and freedom of expression. It is an extension of our human rights but in the digital era. Designers (myself included) have a responsibility to design platforms with care and ethics.  

UX designers specifically have control of the user journeys and platform interactions that we all experience daily.

If we as designers bring consideration of digital rights into our work, we can effectively change the status quo in how users interact with platforms. We are the experts that can shape service design with a more ethical lens.

This session will overview some tips on how to design with digital rights in mind, quick wins and how we can start ideating for new design principles around this.

About

Arda Awais | Multidisciplinary Designer and Creative Technologist

Arda Awais is an award winning multidisciplinary designer and creative technologist building new experiences. She is the co-founder of Identity 2.0 and works across the creative industry.

Previously, she has worked with the likes of Goethe Institut, Tate, Dove and Soho House. She has been named a #WebChampion by Tim Berners-Lee, awarded the BIMA 100 award in the creators and designers category for Britain’s most influential in tech and selected to be a Design Council expert to work on projects accelerating the #DesignforPlanet mission.