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Should the Internet access be considered as a human right ?
The internet is a fundamental right. This opinion is shared by almost four in five people around the world according to a 2010 poll for the BBC World Service. The survey – of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries – found strong support for net access on both sides of the digital divide. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8548190.stm
Finland and Estonia have first ruled that internet access is a right for their citizens.
There is a link between internet connectivity and democratic achievement. RAND researchers have shown that, controlling for economic development, the level of Internet connectivity is a strong predictor of levels of democratic attainment (Kedzie 1997).
Panelists
Vice President of the European Commission and European Digital Agenda Commissioner
Inventor of the World Wide Web and Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Chairman of the Conseil National du Numérique (National Digital Council) in France
Moderator
Freelance journalist and Digital strategist.
keywords
#democracy, #free access to services, #accessibility, #freedom of expression, #freedom of impression, #regulation, #censorship, #control, #copyright, #ACTA, #HADOPI, #SOPA
Should the Internet access be considered as a human right ?
This opinion is shared by almost four in five people around the world according to a 2010 poll for the BBC World Service. The survey – of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries – found strong support for net access on both sides of the digital divide.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8548190.stm
RAND researchers have shown that, controlling for economic development, the level of Internet connectivity is a strong predictor of levels of democratic attainment (Kedzie 1997).
“technology is an enabler of rights, not a right itself”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/opinion/internet-access-is-not-a-human-right.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all
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