Berners-Lee: Web Access Is a 'Human Right'

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @03:08AM from the i'll-buy-that dept.

jbrodkin writes "Two decades after creating the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee says humans have become so reliant on it that access to the Web should now be considered a basic right. In a speech at an MIT symposium, Berners-Lee compared access to the Web with access to water. 'Access to the Web is now a human right,' he said. 'It's possible to live without the Web. It's not possible to live without water. But if you've got water, then the difference between somebody who is connected to the Web and is part of the information society, and someone who (is not) is growing bigger and bigger.'"

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Re:Lets Stop Expanding This Rights Nonsense by Viol8 · 2011-04-13 03:23 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Pity there isn't a -1 Arsehole for you buddy. You quite obviously have NO IDEA what he's talking about you lame idiot. Visit sub saharan africa some time and you'll find out what the fight for REAL human rights are all about.