INTERNET ECONOMICS AS A HUMAN RIGHT Tanvi Singh AGENDA

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MY TAKE SETBACKS AND PRIVATE SECTOR INTERNET CENCORSHIP INTERNET AS A RIGHT: ECONOMY VOICE OF THE PEOPLE- BBC POLLS

GLOBAL LANGUAGES USAGE STATISTICS

GLOBAL INTERNET USAGE IS INTERNET A CIVIL RIGHT?

CONS- “I DON’T ACCEPT IT IS A RIGHT” INTERNET CRITIQUES

PRIMER-INTERNET AS A HUMAN RIGHT- DEFINED DISCUSSION TOPICS

FUTURE BIG EVENTS/ CONVENTIONS IN THIS DIRECTION PRIMER: IS INTERNET A HUMAN RIGHT!! in order to exercise and enjoy

RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT

• • • their fundamental human Rights: “Right to ” PRIMER: IS INTERNET A HUMAN RIGHT!! PRIMER: BIG EVENTS

2009-10: UN Special Rapporteur report WORLD SUMMIT The Internet and Human Rights Building a Free, Open & Secure Internet SILICON VALLEY Human Right Conference

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Oct 2012 San Francisco 2011: 2003 Geneva Berlin Sept 2012:

PRIMER: IS INTERNET A HUMAN RIGHT!! Removal of this Right through Censorship or denial of internet access is breach to Human rights. Denial to Internet would lead to a detriment in the quality of Life of people.

accessible, available and affordable. Each state should plan for making Internet :

Technology is an enabler of Rights, not a right itself Internet access cannot be a right in itself. :

: Sherif Elsayed Ali: La Rue Viviance Reding Vint Cerf Internet criques CONS

Ma Asay Ma Asay “Internet access is a responsibility not a “Internet is a luxury, not a right.” “Rights are things govts can't take, not right.” things they must give.”

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“Calling Internet a right is part of

“Other taxpayers must pay for right “As a right providing universal

“Just another problem created.” will dial-up do?" mean I'm guaranteed fast access, or entlement culture” to Internet of others” economically unviable.” access to mountains and islands is issue. creang another unsolvable drugs Providing internet to all is like

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Gonzi announced

Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf: Jan 4, 2012

"haves" and "have-nots”. Access to the Internet, a light bulb and a wheel are not fundamental Rights. on the Internet !!

“Times”-There seems to be “

In July 2012, ARTICLE 19 stated the “Civil Rights Framework for the Internet in

"Access to the internet is akin to a civil rights issue for the 21st century”. Comcast to Engineers/IEEE—With the advance of the art in technology ,we must be conscious of

Engineers have not only a tremendous obligaon to empower users, but also an United States has never decreed that everyone has a “right” to a telephone, the

Civil rights, different from human rights as are conferred upon us by law, not intrinsic

Brazil” (the ‘Marco Civil’).

PM make affordable Internet connecons for 2.5 million low-income households in US .

our civil responsibilies in addion to our engineering experse. obligaon to ensure the safety of users online. country. now broadband Internet) must be available even in the most remote regions of the noon of “universal service” — the idea that telephone service (and electricity, and

to us as human beings.

What about the claim that “Internet access” is or should be a

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“Internet Access” Is Not a Human Right!!

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GLOBAL INTERNET USAGE INTERNET USERS IN 2010 IN ABSOLUTE NUMBERS INTERNET USERS IN 2010 AS PERCENTAGE OF COUNTRY POPULATION

LANGUAGE USED ON INTERNET CONTENT LANGUAGE FOR WEBSITE % OF INTERNET USERS BY LANGUAGE GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE

Socio-demographic Access Instuonal Access

Design Access Cultural Access Financial Access

Polical Access

Cognive Access Physical Access

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE- BBC POLLS

fundamental right. believe that access to the internet is a Almost 4 in 5 people around the world INTERNET AS A HUMAN RIGHT? ECONOMY and other VoIP tools illegal in order to guarantee the just declared

But at the same me, the investment in opcal fiber, submarine cables, and on the Countries with almost no internet connecons cannot be part of the global Aer all, the lack of good internet connecons won’t affect “just” the populaon growth and development. is inadequate. In Brazil — the investment in such infrastructure is years behind the current demand, and it lacks the capability to handle the future demand for GDP whole internet infrastructure in many countries — especially the developing ones- sectors also suffer from the inability to get in touch with consumers inside and outside the country. economy, and as much as the populaon may suffer as a whole, most economic country, of a region. but can actually be the difference-maker in the development capability of a

Ethiopia . profits of its telecommunicaon companies — as well as advocate for more

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• INTERNET ACCESS HAS TO BE UNIVERSAL

• INTERNET ACCESS IS NOT ECONOMICAL INTERNET CENSORSHIP REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS :

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OPEN NET INITIATIVE

FREEDOM ON THE NET REPORTS

Internet tools Conflict/security Social Polical

Not classified / No data Lile or no censorship Under surveillance Selecve censorship Pervasive censorship Substanal censorship SETBACKS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR . … Internet Divide is just the beginning . : just another simple YouTube, complaining about the dubious quality of the How safe is your CLOUD?? what you like and don’t like, they might also have access to your private messages, to stuff you think you have kept private. It might seem harmless, but as they have full access to ALL your info and to to Censorship and Vigilansm The series of problems that we must face and fight against, the Good Infrastructure and Internet Connecons bigger? If a private company can’t accept such cricism, imagine if it started something Brazilian telecommunicaon services. One of Brazil’s major companies censored the videos that cricizes the quality of its 3G connecon. Case MY TAKE ALREADY A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT!! SYNOPSIS DISCUSSION TOPICS