Research On The Protection Of The Rights And Interests Of The Elderly In The Digital Age

In the context of the development of the digital age,the information revolution has given birth to the digital human rights known as the "fourth generation of human rights".The values of personal dignity,equality,survival and development in the traditional physical space are bound to face the huge impact of digitalization and intelligence,resulting in some new inequalities,namely the so-called "digital divide".As the elderly group most widely affected by digitalization,during the rapid popularization and development of emerging network technologies,they are easily excluded from the digital society or even marginalized by society due to their physical and psychological difficulties in adapting to the convenience brought by digital technologies.Their social autonomy and personal dignity are eroded.It directly affects their survival and development status and their ability to participate in society.It not only infringes on the elderly’s right to survival and development,but also infringes on their right to enjoy equality and initiative in social development.Therefore,how to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly and their digital survival and development rights in the digital era is not only an important task of digital human rights protection,but also an inevitable requirement of promoting the value of digital human rights.With the digital society and aging population,the spiritual and cultural needs of the elderly are becoming increasingly prominent,and internal and external contradictions and problems are increasing,such as internal family disputes and external torts,and the existing traditional protection measures for the rights and interests of the elderly appear inadequate in the face of digital.In order to meet the requirements of human rights protection in the digital age and fully protect the rights and interests of the elderly,special legislation should be made to fully consider the needs of the elderly for the digital age,and to promote the specialization and institutionalization of initiative and equality protection of the elderly in the form of legal norms.In response to the needs of The Times,a unified and perfect social security mechanism should be established to effectively guarantee the equal rights of digital survival and development for the elderly under the legal framework,and to equally and fully enjoy the dividends of the development of the digital era.For example,we should improve the corresponding reward and punishment mechanism,properly constrain and encourage the local legislation,so as to connect the two.For the behaviors of different subjects infringing on the rights and interests of the elderly in digital life,it is necessary to provide ideological guidance through industry norms and departmental rules,as well as regulations through criminal law,civil law and administrative law,so as to clarify social and legal responsibilities and strive to realize all-round and systematic protection of the rights and interests of the elderly in digital life.