'DigiTrack': a new public tool to monitor the evolution of Digital Rights online
The platform, developed by CiTIUS in collaboration with the Hermes Foundation, is part of the Digital Rights Observatory (ODD), with the support of Red.es
The digital ecosystem increasingly conditions the exercise of fundamental rights such as privacy, access to information, non-discrimination and participation. In this context, DigiTrack was created, a public tool for searching and analyzing web content related to Digital Rights, designed to observe how these issues evolve on the internet, detect trends and provide a useful informational basis for analysis, communication, and public action. The tool is being developed within the framework of the Digital Rights Observatory (ODD), with the support of Red.es.
DigiTrack has been developed by CiTIUS (a center co-funded by the European Union through the Galicia Feder 2021-2027 Program), in collaboration with the Hermes Foundation. The platform allows users to consult and analyze content from open digital sources, such as news, social networks, blogs and other online spaces, with the aim of offering a more structured view of the public debate around Digital Rights.
Its operation makes it possible to identify emerging topics, track their evolution over time, analyze sentiment and emotions associated with the content collected, and facilitate a more organized reading of the digital conversation. This approach is aligned with the purpose of the Digital Rights Observatory, driven by Red.es, to strengthen the monitoring, dissemination, debate, and promotion of Digital Rights among citizens, public administrations, universities, foundations, and social organizations.
“The tool incorporates advanced AI and information retrieval technologies adapted to structure and analyze content on Digital Rights,” explains David Losada.
CiTIUS researcher David E. Losada, responsible for the development of DigiTrack, explains that “the tool is equipped with advanced AI and Information Retrieval technologies and models, which have been adapted to the Digital Rights domain and provide the end user with services such as the automatic organization of content by subtopics, temporal tracking of impact, and the possibility of performing free-text queries through a vertical search engine, among others.”
For Senén Barro, scientific director of CiTIUS, “DigiTrack was created with a very clear vocation: to transform scattered digital information into useful knowledge to better understand how Digital Rights are expressed, evolve, and are perceived, particularly in public conversation.”
“DigiTrack makes it possible to turn digital conversation into useful knowledge to better understand Digital Rights,” notes the scientific director of CiTIUS.
From the University of Santiago de Compostela, its rector, Rosa Crujeiras, stresses that “projects like DigiTrack reflect the capacity of the public university to generate applied knowledge, connect research and public service, and contribute to social challenges linked to digital transformation.”
For her part, Luisa Alli, director general of the Hermes Foundation, highlights that “the development of tools such as DigiTrack reinforces an essential idea: Digital Rights cannot remain at a declarative level; they need observation, analysis and a real capacity for action.”
The platform is conceived as a useful resource for public administrations, journalists, researchers, analysts and social organizations, as it provides a structured basis for observing trends, detecting changes in social perception and supporting diagnoses, awareness-raising actions or initiatives linked to digital citizenship. This fit responds to the ODD’s collaborative model, in which universities, foundations and other entities participate to strengthen the protection of citizens’ rights in the digital environment.
With DigiTrack, the Digital Rights Observatory strengthens its analysis and monitoring dimension, providing a tool that makes it possible to turn digital conversation into evidence that is more understandable, explorable and reusable. (red.es)
Digital Rights Observatory and Hermes Foundation
The Digital Rights Observatory is a public-private initiative driven by Red.es to respond to the ethical, social and regulatory challenges of digitalization, promoting the dissemination and protection of digital rights and the implementation of the Charter of Digital Rights. Within this framework, the Hermes Foundation helps to drive public policies and tools that guarantee the effective exercise of these rights, promoting a technological governance based on transparency, accountability and social participation.
The digital ecosystem increasingly conditions the exercise of fundamental rights such as privacy, access to information, non-discrimination and participation. In this context, DigiTrack was created, a public tool for searching and analyzing web content related to Digital Rights, designed to observe how these issues evolve on the internet, detect trends and provide a useful informational basis for analysis, communication, and public action. The tool is being developed within the framework of the Digital Rights Observatory (ODD), with the support of Red.es.
DigiTrack has been developed by CiTIUS (a center co-funded by the European Union through the Galicia Feder 2021-2027 Program), in collaboration with the Hermes Foundation. The platform allows users to consult and analyze content from open digital sources, such as news, social networks, blogs and other online spaces, with the aim of offering a more structured view of the public debate around Digital Rights.
Its operation makes it possible to identify emerging topics, track their evolution over time, analyze sentiment and emotions associated with the content collected, and facilitate a more organized reading of the digital conversation. This approach is aligned with the purpose of the Digital Rights Observatory, driven by Red.es, to strengthen the monitoring, dissemination, debate, and promotion of Digital Rights among citizens, public administrations, universities, foundations, and social organizations.
“The tool incorporates advanced AI and information retrieval technologies adapted to structure and analyze content on Digital Rights,” explains David Losada.
CiTIUS researcher David E. Losada, responsible for the development of DigiTrack, explains that “the tool is equipped with advanced AI and Information Retrieval technologies and models, which have been adapted to the Digital Rights domain and provide the end user with services such as the automatic organization of content by subtopics, temporal tracking of impact, and the possibility of performing free-text queries through a vertical search engine, among others.”
For Senén Barro, scientific director of CiTIUS, “DigiTrack was created with a very clear vocation: to transform scattered digital information into useful knowledge to better understand how Digital Rights are expressed, evolve, and are perceived, particularly in public conversation.”
“DigiTrack makes it possible to turn digital conversation into useful knowledge to better understand Digital Rights,” notes the scientific director of CiTIUS.
From the University of Santiago de Compostela, its rector, Rosa Crujeiras, stresses that “projects like DigiTrack reflect the capacity of the public university to generate applied knowledge, connect research and public service, and contribute to social challenges linked to digital transformation.”
For her part, Luisa Alli, director general of the Hermes Foundation, highlights that “the development of tools such as DigiTrack reinforces an essential idea: Digital Rights cannot remain at a declarative level; they need observation, analysis and a real capacity for action.”
The platform is conceived as a useful resource for public administrations, journalists, researchers, analysts and social organizations, as it provides a structured basis for observing trends, detecting changes in social perception and supporting diagnoses, awareness-raising actions or initiatives linked to digital citizenship. This fit responds to the ODD’s collaborative model, in which universities, foundations and other entities participate to strengthen the protection of citizens’ rights in the digital environment.
With DigiTrack, the Digital Rights Observatory strengthens its analysis and monitoring dimension, providing a tool that makes it possible to turn digital conversation into evidence that is more understandable, explorable and reusable. (red.es)
Digital Rights Observatory and Hermes Foundation
The Digital Rights Observatory is a public-private initiative driven by Red.es to respond to the ethical, social and regulatory challenges of digitalization, promoting the dissemination and protection of digital rights and the implementation of the Charter of Digital Rights. Within this framework, the Hermes Foundation helps to drive public policies and tools that guarantee the effective exercise of these rights, promoting a technological governance based on transparency, accountability and social participation.
