UN included free Internet access in the list of basic human rights. As it is highlighted in the report, the Internet is “an indispensable tool to a number of human rights, fight against inequalities and progress promotion.”
The UN report, advocating the free use of the Internet as an essential communication platform for all democratic societies, also tells that it appears to be the enemy in the eyes of officials.
“The huge potential and advantages of the Internet lie in the speed of transmission of information, accessibility and anonymity. At the same time, those properties that allow individuals to distribute information in real time … sow fear among governments. This leads to restrictions on the Internet through the use of modern technologies to block content (information), to identify activists, to punish them and make laws that allow to do it “- was said in a report.
In support of this idea, the authors remind us of restricting access to Twitter and Facebook in the Arab countries, covered by the massive anti-government movements and prosecution of the founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange.
The report stresses that “providing Internet access for all people should be a priority for any country.”
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