The Internet is a fundamental right

According to a report, the overwhelming majority of people believe that access to the Internet is a fundamental right.

The figures, which show that four out of five adults across the globe think that they deserve access to the Internet, came out of a survey that was conducted for the BBC World Service and polled the opinions of some 27,000 people, just under half of which had Internet access already.

Nearly nine out of ten (87 per cent) of people with Internet access said that it should be "the fundamental right of all people."

For those without Internet access the number was somewhat lower, as just over seven out of ten (71 per cent) said that they deserved the right of access to the intertubes. However there were some areas where the desire for Internet access was even greater, for example in South Korea (96 per cent), Mexico (94 per cent) and China (87 per cent).

There are many benefits to having access to the Internet, respondents added. Just over three quarters (78 per cent) said it gave them greater freedom, nine in ten (90 per cent) said it was a great educational tool, and just over half (51 per cent) said they liked social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace.

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