THE HISTORY OF THE FORMATION AND FUTURE OFTHE RIGHT TO ACCESS THE INTERNET

Abstract

The need to recognize the right to access the Internet is
extremely urgent nowadays, since this problem combines a set of factors that
confirm the importance of attributing access to the Internet to independent and
inalienable human rights. For decades, information and communication
technologies have influenced the formation of society, the world economy and
other spheres of human activity. Despite the fact that the human right to access
the Internet is extremely relevant today, no concrete measures have been taken
to implement it to this day, which is the problem of this study. Undoubtedly,
discussions are underway in scientific circles, international organizations have
developed and implemented a number of recommendations, charters and
guidelines for the protection of the right to access the Internet, however, the
available sources are only of the nature of «soft law», do not impose international
legal obligations on States and do not recognize the right to access the Internet
as independent and inalienable human rights, which is also the problem of this
study. The research carried out within the framework of this work will make a
significant contribution to the recognition of access to the Internet as an
independent and inalienable human right. The author believes that a
comprehensive study of the opinions of supporters and opponents of this
phenomenon will allow us to come to a broader understanding of what is a
deterrent to the recognition of this right as an independent and inalienable human
right. The study presents evidence in the form of events, judicial practice, as well
as opinions of authoritative scientists engaged in the study of this issue, on the
basis of which the author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to
determine the right to access the Internet to independent and fundamental human
rights