is internet access human right?

[swatiraohnlu]

Many Internet advocates, countries, and high courts contend that individuals have a fundamental right to Internet access. Countries such as Finland, Estonia, France, and Greece call Internet access a human right, and the BBC found in a March 2010 survey that 87% of internet users felt internet access should be the "fundamental right of all people".

Is Internet access fundamental in modernity? and would you call it a human right?

 

[dimpy.handa]

Internet Human Rights Law concerns questions about how government regulation and monitoring of people in their internet activities curbs individual liberty and violates basic human rights. However, some would contend that Internet human rights law does not exist because online access is a luxury instead of a human right.
As the internet has become more prevalent and popular, governments across the world have enacted laws which restrict internet usage, or which in some other way regulate those who are able to use and access the internet. This can take the form of blatant censorship of internet sites which a government disapproves of, pressure put on internet service providers (ISPs) to restrict access to some websites, and legal action against individuals who break a myriad of copyright laws while dealing with data on the internet.

 

[jitenmazee]

No, I don't believe Internet access is a human right. I would personally say it is viewed as a luxurious thing. The ones that used the Net to carry out unlawful projects, or to discover information on producing explosive device making elements would not provide the "right" to take advantage of the Internet.