Debating Internet Rights
January 8, 2012
On January 5, the New York Times published an op-ed by Vint Cerf, a co-creator of the TCP/IP standard the Internet is built on and now a Google employee. Cerf’s headline -- Internet Access Is Not a Human Right. Back in June, a lengthy report released by the United Nations argued that disconnecting individuals from the Internet is a violation of human rights and goes against international law.
Debating Internet Rights The Case for and Against Internet as a Human Right (The Atlantic)