上網(wǎng)，應該是一項人權(quán)
你可能覺得隨時能登錄推特或瀏覽Reddit(社交新聞站點)是理所當然的，但現(xiàn)在全球77億總?cè)丝谥屑s有一半還不能上網(wǎng)。
And that's a big problem, according to one researcher. Merten Reglitz, a philosopher and global ethics lecturer from the University of Birmingham in the UK says internet access should be established as a basic human right that everyone is entitled to.
一個研究人員認為這是個大問題。Merten Reglitz是英國伯明翰大學的哲學家和全球倫理講師，他說上網(wǎng)應成為每個人都能享受的基本人權(quán)。
"Internet access is a unique and non-substitutable way for realising fundamental human rights such as free speech and assembly," he writes in a new paper.
他在一篇新論文中寫道：“上網(wǎng)是實現(xiàn)言論自由和集會等基本人權(quán)的獨特而且不可替代的方式。”
The argument is that going online is now so essential for participating in modern life, doing without it puts people at a serious disadvantage in terms of staying informed, getting their voices heard, realising their fundamental human rights, and much more.
他認為上網(wǎng)是現(xiàn)代生活的基本組成部分，不能上網(wǎng)會使人們在獲取最新信息、發(fā)表看法、實現(xiàn)基本人權(quán)等方面處于嚴重不利的地位。
What's more, if people aren't able to afford a connection to the internet, then it should be provided to them free of charge, according to Reglitz.
此外，Reglitz說針對沒錢上網(wǎng)的人，應該讓他們免費上網(wǎng)。
"Internet access is no luxury, but instead a moral human right and everyone should have unmonitored and uncensored access to this global medium - provided free of charge for those unable to afford it," says Reglitz.
Reglitz說：“上網(wǎng)不是奢侈品，相反它是一個道德人權(quán)，每個人訪問這個全球媒介都應該不受監(jiān)控、不受審查，應該為那些上不起網(wǎng)的人免費提供上網(wǎng)服務。”
"Without such access, many people lack a meaningful way to influence and hold accountable supranational rule-makers and institutions. These individuals simply don't have a say in the making of the rules they must obey and which shape their life chances."
“如果不能上網(wǎng)，很多人就缺少了一個有效途徑來影響和追究多國規(guī)則制定者和機構(gòu)的責任，針對他們必須遵守和影響他們生活的規(guī)則的制定他們就沒有話語權(quán)。”
