Scrolling through my daily yahoo headline fix I came across this article on the "World's Most Innovative Citites". The reading showcases the 21st century push to "go green" with the new advancements in technology or to use established technology in a environmentally friendly way, but the one that really caught my attention is the innovative contribution of Estonia's Government. They have claimed that free access to the internet is a birth right and no one should be without ability to plug into it. The Wi-Fi access covers basically every nook and cranky of Tallinn, Estonia. Tallinn claims that they are the net-savvy capital of the Balitc Region. Go Figure.
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-37533159
MSNBC's Technoblog asked people if the Internet was a human right.
ReplyDeletehttp://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/28/5941854-is-internet-access-a-human-right
I don't think it is a human right. I say this because it is a tool, granted a form of communication, but we have cellphones, landlines, or (gasp!) we could visit somebody. The Internet is also a business and isn't really ours. Internet censorship is done all the time and at places of employment, a lot of people can't get on Facebook. If the net became a dangerous tool or something that could (and has) caused international danger, why wouldn't it get shut down?