Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Life Sciences and Human Rights
- Part II Information and Communication Technologies and Human Rights
- 10 The Right to Internet Access
- 11 Face Recognition and the Right to Stay Anonymous
- 12 Artificial Intelligence and the Right to Algorithmic Transparency
- 13 Machine Learning, Cognitive Sovereignty and Data Protection Rights with Respect to Automated Decisions
- 14 Going Dark or Living Forever
- 15 Artificial Intelligence and Children’s Rights
- 16 Internet of Things Devices, Citizen Science Research and the Right to Science
- 17 Connected but Still Excluded?
- Part III Towards a Convergence
10 - The Right to Internet Access
A Comparative Constitutional Legal Framework
from Part II - Information and Communication Technologies and Human Rights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 May 2022
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Life Sciences and Human Rights
- Part II Information and Communication Technologies and Human Rights
- 10 The Right to Internet Access
- 11 Face Recognition and the Right to Stay Anonymous
- 12 Artificial Intelligence and the Right to Algorithmic Transparency
- 13 Machine Learning, Cognitive Sovereignty and Data Protection Rights with Respect to Automated Decisions
- 14 Going Dark or Living Forever
- 15 Artificial Intelligence and Children’s Rights
- 16 Internet of Things Devices, Citizen Science Research and the Right to Science
- 17 Connected but Still Excluded?
- Part III Towards a Convergence
Summary
While dealing with the issue at the heart of this paper a fundamental question has to be tackled in greater depth: is the right to access to the Internet a human right (or a fundamental right: below is my attempt to introduce a terminological clarification in this regard) which enjoys a semantic, conceptual and constitutional autonomy? In other words, is access to the Internet an autonomous right or only a precondition for enjoying, among others, freedom of expression? Why does the classification as a free-standing or derived right matter? Does it carry normative implications or is it primarily a rhetorical tool? In trying to answer those questions, it may perhaps be beneficial to resist the temptation to rely on a “rhetoric” of fundamental rights and human rights, which is widespread throughout the various debates concerning the relationship between law and technology after the rise of the Internet. The language of rights (especially new rights) in Internet law is more than (rhetorically) appealing.
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