Wales Online: Calls for free internet access to be made a human right

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Free internet access should be a human right as a world without it is now "unthinkable" because so much of daily life depends on it, a study has suggested.

Dr Merten Reglitz, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Birmingham, has published a book of his research on the issue.

It sets out a draft article declaring internet access a human right, saying everyone should be able to freely access the internet without "arbitrary interferences by any other party", with governments providing access of sufficient quality and users protected from censorship, surveillance and private companies harvesting data.