Human rights associations in the framework of the digital economy

The digital economy and digital technology have become an integral part of today's life, which, however, remains to be enforced. Digital human rights that have arisen with digital technology often require protection already now. To protect human rights, there are human rights non-governmental associations and organizations, which now see new areas of specialization and new tools to achieve their goals. The context of digital economy and digital technologies development in Russia is considered on the basis of the report by Freedom House. The authors analyzed examples of the activities of human rights associations in the development of the digital economy, highlighted the main types of their activities in the new conditions and types of human rights NGO's, highlighted the differences in the functions of traditional and new human rights associations.