For those fortunate enough to have meaningful connectivity, the internet provides a crucial link to information that helps us keep our families healthy and safe during this global health crisis. With social distancing measures the new norm across the globe, we are living our lives online.Apr 15, 2020
Why Internet access is important and should be available to everyone?
Why is Internet access so important?
The sharing and exchanging of ideas, information, and news all need an internet connection. The internet connects computers and businesses, people, government schemes, lives, and stories worldwide.
Why should the internet be free to everyone?
New research reveals that the internet could be a key way of protecting other basic human rights such as life, liberty, and freedom from torture — a means of enabling billions of people to lead 'minimally decent lives'.
Should Internet access be a human right?
Conclusion. There seems to be a fundamental agreement from many experts ranging from the United Nations to organizations like Internet.org that aim to connect people with others around the world, that Internet Access should become, or already is, a basic human right.
Does everyone have access to the internet?
As of January 2021 there were 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide – 59.5 percent of the global population. Of this total, 92.6 percent (4.32 billion) accessed the internet via mobile devices.
Is Internet a necessity?
Like power and water, the internet has been shown by the pandemic to be a necessity for households. It's time for it to be regulated as a utility. After months of being stuck at home, many Americans know full well that there are three things they can't live without. Two of them are power and water.