80 Percent Believe Internet to Be Basic Human Right, Finds International Survey Agence France-Presse | |
go to original November 28, 2014 |
Affordable access to the Internet should be a human right, as it represents hope for political freedom and economic prosperity to many around the world, according to a recent survey.
Most people also do not want any one nation or organization to manage this global network of computers, in order to prevent crackdowns on free speech and political expression. But they are split on who then should run it.
The CIGI-Ipsos survey of 23,376 people in 24 countries was unveiled at the start of a two-day meeting in Ottawa on Internet governance. An estimated one third of the world's population (or 2.3 billion people) is online.
..."Overwhelming global public support for the idea that access to the Internet should be a human right also shows just how important the Internet has come to freedom of expression, freedom of association, social communication, the generation of new knowledge, and economic opportunity and growth," the commission s Fen Hampson told a press conference.
Asked who they most trusted to set the rules for web access and usage, a small majority (57 percent) of respondents chose a combination of technical experts and engineers, non-governmental groups and others.
Fifty percent felt the United Nations would do a good job while 36 percent supported the United States taking a lead role.
The survey also found that Internet users worldwide are increasingly concerned about online privacy (64 percent), and fear hacking of their bank accounts and theft of their private data such as photos and messages.
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