The world decrees internet access a human right
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November 28, 2014, 9:27 am
A man photograph a placard with the name of Turkey's President Abdullah Gul during a rally against a bill which would allow Turkey's authorities to block web pages for privacy violations without a prior court decision, in Istanbul, Turkey, late Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
The UN Human Rights Council declared internet access and online freedom of expression a human right in 2012 and according to a new survey, the majority of the world's citizens agree.
The CIGI-Ipsos Global Survey on Internet Security and Trust, commissioned by the Centre for International Governance Innovation and conducted by global research company Ipsos, surveyed more than 23,000 internet users across 24 countries between Oct. 7. and Nov. 12.
The extensive report found that 83% of users believe affordable access to the internet should be a basic human right.
For people living in the developing world and regions where nations often face censorship, the notion of internet access is a hot topic.
In February 2014 Turkey was fighting for a free internet as protesters in Istanbul faced tear gas as they took to the streets over a harsh online censorship bill.
Thousands of Turks march to protest against the Internet bans and filtering regulations in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Photo: AP
When the Turkish government announced laws that planned to censor parts of the internet, the wider public were incensed. The news that websites deemed "incendiary" could be made unavailable in Turkey spawned protests around the country, and Istanbul’s infamous Gezi Park become a beacon for protesters, as those opposed to the bill gathered in other key cities around the country.
It is a trend that stretches across the turbulent region. 90% of survey respondents in the Middle East and Africa believe Internet access is a human right according to the recent survey.
In North America, 76% of people believe Internet access should be a human right to some degree.
Riot police use a water cannon to disperse protesters during a rally against a bill which would, among other things, allow Turkey's authorities to block web pages for privacy violations without a prior court decision, in Istanbul, Turkey, late Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Photo: Getty
The idea that everyone is entitled to the Internet has been criticised heavily over the years. In 2012, Vint Cerf, dubbed one of the "fathers of the Internet," wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times claiming that "technology is an enabler of rights, not a right itself."
Tech guru Brian Schepis, formerly of Google and now of space transport services company SpaceX, penned a piece for the Canadian Journal of Politics and Law that the denial of Internet access "should be seen as a potentially urgent threat to a more basic list of human rights, namely the human right to assembly..."
Interestingly, people from developing regions agree with the idea of internet access as a basic need much more broadly than people from regions such as North America, where internet access is a commodity rather than a luxury.
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