Scholars have advocated the need for a "digital constitution," including the idea of drafting an "internet bill of rights." Numerous civil society groups have crafted decalogues of digital rights, giving rise to a movement advocating a form of digital constitutionalism. This paper investigates the added value of these texts is in the constitutional ecosystem. These declarations highlight the transformative potential of societal constitutionalism well. By adopting the language of constitutions, they seek to be part of the current conversation on how to translate the core values of contemporary constitutionalism in the context of the digital society through a process of generalisation and respecification of principles. Internet bills of rights are not legally binding sources, yet represent a ductile instrument whereby their promoters are free to experiment with new legal solutions in a gradual way and in a more democratic manner. This includes actors beyond the worlds of politics and business.