The Internet sure has come a long way over the last few decades. According to a BBC World Service study, the majority of Internet users believe that Internet access is a “fundamental right.”
GigaOm summarizes the research this way:
Do you feel that Internet access is a fundamental right? Four in five adults in more than 26 different countries agree with you, according to a new poll sponsored by the BBC World Service. The poll asked more than 27,000 adults about their attitudes towards the Internet, and found that 87 percent of those who regularly use the Internet believe that access should be “the fundamental right of all people.” More than 71 percent of non-Internet users also felt that they should have the right to access the global network. In both South Korea and Mexico, more than 90 percent of those surveyed agreed that access was a fundamental right.
I’m all for the right to Internet access.
