Why are we being left behind? Nationally, it might be difficult to get total support for laws that would make Internet access a human right. Locally, in Washington, D.C., the challenge is even greater. However, internationally, this view is shared by the United Nations, which is making a big push to deem Internet access a human right.
In June 2009, I was actually relieved that France's highest court declared Internet access a human right as reported by the UK Daily Mail. In August of the same year, it was reported that the United States is the only industrialized nation without a national policy to promote high-speed broadband, according to various studies released by the Communications Workers of America.
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