Jinbonet launches online guide for Human Rights in the Information Society.

The human rights is threatened in the information society. The government seeking more efficient administration and the business pursuing greater profits have tried to develop and introduce advanced information technology to the society time and again. But they do not seem to be concerned about additional measures necessary to help remove unexpected challenges coming up in transition to the Information Society against protection of human rights. As a result, these days we can see many cases in which free use of information is limited and people' right to privacy is infringed.

Recently Freedom of expression, Right to privacy, Right to share information and Right to access information are at issue. Since they are closely related to communication and flow of information, these rights came under threat stemming from the state and market driven push for the Information Society as well as became especially important in the Information Society.

The Information Society is not a separate world from what we live in now. That is a society that we are building. "Human Rights in the Information Society" means the human rights described in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the related international laws should still be protected. Not only does HRIS serve the last safeguard to guarantee people the fundamental freedoms and rights which seem to be easily threatened in transition to this new form of society, the Information Society, but it means our ongoing effort to make sure democracy and human rights are still respected and pursued in the middle of and even after the Information Society.