79 percent of adults believe web access is a ‘fundamental right’
“The BBC World Service has conducted a poll of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries to answer one primary question: is internet access a fundamental human right? We can skip right past Finland and Estonia who’ve already made laws to that effect, and take a look at what the other nations thought. Mexico, Korea and Brazil lead the way here with all having greater than 90 percent agreement, while Pakistan, India and Kenya — countries with a slightly different perception of what fundamental needs are — offer the least support, though they’re all still above 50 percent in agreement. Other interesting stats include the claim by 85 percent of Japanese internet users and 81 percent in Mexico that they would not be able to “cope without the internet,” while 55 percent of Brits and most other European nations believe that the internet should be regulated by governments in at least some way.”
And I agree with them. Libraries help to bridge the gap on this access issue in a big way. Indeed some employers won’t take anything except online applications today.
Stephen
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Absolutely agree that access to information is key.
It would be interesting to see how this compares to the right of basic health care, eh? Especially in US right now.