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November 5th, 2009

Is access to the internet now a human right?

Is access to the internet now a human right?: “Can checking your e-mail really be a human right? Carphone Warehouse hopes so. After the Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson, announced his plans to disconnect persistent internet pirates last week, the owner of Britain’s largest internet service provider, TalkTalk, threatened him with legal action under human rights legislation.

(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)

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