The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 26, defines for everyone a right to education. Helen Beetham interprets this as follows: "education is a right of all people as equals and a responsibility of the public bodies who represent them - states, nations and regions. The context can only be a democratic one." Her concern is that "data and algorithmic platforms infringe these rights." Minimally, there would have to be "regulations, due diligence processes or impact assessments," and perhaps more, "a rights-based discourse must extend beyond classroom infringements of children's rights to concern itself 'with the preservation of life and the co-responsibility of AI harms to the majority of the planet'." Beetham identifies risks and documented harms in this longish article well worth a read.
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