Daily Mail: Internet access should be a HUMAN RIGHT along with food and water because people 'don't have free speech or political power without it'

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New research by the University of Birmingham reveals that access to the internet could be a key way of protecting other basic human rights such as life, liberty, and freedom from torture - a means of enabling billions of people to lead 'minimally decent lives'.  

 

As political engagement increasingly takes place online citizens who do not have access to the internet may lack vital opportunities to have their say

Dr. Merten Reglitz, Lecturer in Global Ethics at the University of Birmingham, has published his findings - the first study of its kind - in the Journal of Applied Philosophy.