Understanding Digital Responsibilities

by Lizzie Coles-Kemp, Mark Burdon

Overview

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

How can we make the digital world safer, more responsible and accountable?

This innovative book offers an original framework for understanding digital responsibility, blending insights from law, technology and policy. Through a series of case studies showcasing work from early career researchers, it highlights the diverse groups, values and governance challenges shaping digital environments across jurisdictions. From crafting effective policies to designing ethical digital products, this book equips policy makers, practitioners and academics with the tools to minimise harm and enhance accountability and responsibility in the digital age.

This is a vital resource for navigating the complexities of digital responsibility in a pluralistic, globalised world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529249781
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	01/01/2026
Series:	Research in Sociotechnical Cyber Security
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lizzie Coles-Kemp is Professor of Information Security at the Information Security Group, Royal Holloway University of London.

Mark Burdon is Professor of Law at Queensland University of Technology.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Digital Responsibility Framework

1. Introduction

2. Digital Responsibility Framework

Part 2: Case Studies of Digital Responsibility Policy Challenge

3. Digital Policy Challenge 1: Online Safety Debates

4. Digital Policy Challenge 2: Digital Turn in Migration and Resettlement Support and Services

5. Digital Policy Challenge 3: The Census and the Kurdish Diaspora

Part 3: Digital Responsibility Policy and Governance Implications

6. Future Digital Policy Implications

7. Conclusion