The Human Right to Free Internet Access - Reglitz - 2020 - Journal of Applied Philosophy - Wiley Online Library

We’ve updated the Wiley Online Library Terms of Use, effective 09 March 2023 - Updated Terms of Use Corresponding Author Merten Reglitz Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK Corresponding Author Merten Reglitz Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK Give access Share full-text access Use the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more. Share a link In 2016, the United Nation's General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution regarding ‘The Promotion, Protection and Enjoyment of Human Rights on the Internet’. At the heart of this resolution is the UN's concern that rights that people have offline must also be protected online. While the UN thus recognises the importance of the Internet, it problematically does so selectively by focusing on protecting existing offline rights online. I argue instead that Internet access is itself a moral h

We’ve updated the Wiley Online Library Terms of Use, effective 09 March 2023 - Updated Terms of Use Corresponding Author Merten Reglitz Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK Corresponding Author Merten Reglitz Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK Give access Share full-text access Use the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more. Share a link In 2016, the United Nation's General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution regarding ‘The Prom