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The socio-economic argument for the human right to internet access

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  • Merten Reglitz

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This paper argues that Internet access should be recognised as a human right because it has become practically indispensable for having adequate opportunities to realise our socio-economic human rights. This argument is significant for a philosophically informed public understanding of the Internet and because it provides the basis for creating new duties. For instance, accepting a human right to Internet access minimally requires guaranteeing access for everyone and protecting Internet access and use from certain objectionable interferences (e.g. surveillance, censorship, online abuse). Realising this right thus requires creating an Internet that is crucially different from the one we currently have. The argument thus has wide-ranging implications.

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  • Merten Reglitz, 2023. "The socio-economic argument for the human right to internet access," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 22(4), pages 441-469, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:22:y:2023:i:4:p:441-469
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X231167597
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