Internet a fundamental right?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8548190.stm

In a new survey almost 80% of people survey over 26 countries said that they believed that reliable internet access was a fundamental right. The primary argument for this being that people have the right to communicate with one another and the internet is the primary connector of people the world over. The European Union is one area that is attempting to provide universal internet access, but they are struggling with several problems already. The first of these problems is bringing high speed internet to rural areas where there is little incentive to provide it now. It would be a costly endeavor to tackle in this economic downturn. The other problem is the debate over free speech on the internet. Surveys on how much power government should have on the net brought up varying results. There are many concerns for issues such as fraud, explicit content, and privacy threats.

We are studying the biggest player in constructivist social norm and identity creators in this article. The internet has come busting onto the scene of social norms and no one quite knows what to make of it yet. It has created a whole new venue of sharing and shaping identities and norms , that has proved more effective than any venue before it. Now there is a push to make the internet effective to all people, but it will take a unanimous set of rules by all countries involved. You could look at that like an impressively sized project in liberalism. We will see if all the countries can decide on rules for the internet and then deal with the consequences (of which there will be many) for which ever decision they make. I would be very interested to see how the situation develops in the EU with their unlimited internet access.