[grc] FCC O'Rielly -- Internet is not a Right

[Brian Shiratsuki]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 9:34 AM,  <juice at whidbey.com> wrote:

>         ...The United Nations [2] is one of the organizations that holds this
> view evidenced by a 2011 special report that reads, in part: “The
> recent wave of demonstrations in countries across the Middle East and
> North African region has shown the key role that the Internet can play
> in mobilizing the population to call for justice, equality,
> accountability and better respect for human rights. As such,
> facilitating access to the Internet for all individuals, with as
> little restriction to online content as possible, should be a priority
> for all states.”

independent of a capacity to enable human rights, the universal
declaration includes a ``right to science and culture,'' elaborated in
the 1966 covenant:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_science_and_culture