The Internet is for Everyone
"Challenge 4: Internet is for everyone - but it won't be until in every home, in every business, in every school, in every library, in every hospital in every town and in every country on the Globe, the Internet can be accessed without limitation, at any time and in every language."
Although the above challenge may be inclusive and idealist, the internet does not need to exist everywhere. There are those who purposely avoid the internet, such as Amish and old people. The internet is a very useful tool for education and communication at all levels, but to aspire for every household to have it is inconsiderate toward those who do not wish for the internet. I agree that access to the internet is important, so public buildings should certainly give public access, but I don't believe the challenge should include private homes.
"Challenge 2: Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if Governments restrict access to it, so we must dedicate ourselves to keeping the network unrestricted, unfettered and unregulated. We must have the freedom to speak and the freedom to hear."
I strongly support this challenge. It's easy to connect with the efforts of this challenge since regimes such as Nazi Germany and North Korea filtered their media and disseminated lies through the media. Learning from these dictatorial governments, it's very important that a tool as globally important as the internet be unrestricted and unfiltered by any governments, whether ill-intentioned or otherwise. That being said, governments or other agencies should help internet users know the risks associated with malicious behavior on the internet and should be able to prosecute malicious users.
Although the above challenge may be inclusive and idealist, the internet does not need to exist everywhere. There are those who purposely avoid the internet, such as Amish and old people. The internet is a very useful tool for education and communication at all levels, but to aspire for every household to have it is inconsiderate toward those who do not wish for the internet. I agree that access to the internet is important, so public buildings should certainly give public access, but I don't believe the challenge should include private homes.
"Challenge 2: Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if Governments restrict access to it, so we must dedicate ourselves to keeping the network unrestricted, unfettered and unregulated. We must have the freedom to speak and the freedom to hear."
I strongly support this challenge. It's easy to connect with the efforts of this challenge since regimes such as Nazi Germany and North Korea filtered their media and disseminated lies through the media. Learning from these dictatorial governments, it's very important that a tool as globally important as the internet be unrestricted and unfiltered by any governments, whether ill-intentioned or otherwise. That being said, governments or other agencies should help internet users know the risks associated with malicious behavior on the internet and should be able to prosecute malicious users.
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