From the UK Times Online:
The [French] Constitutional Council declared access to the internet to be a basic human right, directly opposing the key points of Mr Sarkozy‘s law, passed in April, which created the first internet police agency in the democratic world.
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Les sages – the wise men – as the council is known, took the teeth out of the law. They ruled that “free access to public communication services online” is a right laid down in the Declaration of Human Rights, which is in the preamble to the French constitution.
OK, I wasn’t a fan of Sarkozy’s heavy-handed attempt to control access to the internet, but internet access being a basic human right protected by their Constitution is completely absurd. What’s next?
- access to affordable and soft toilet paper
- access to free marijuana while heavily taxing and restricting nicotine
- the right to free vacuum cleaners and bottles of Windex
- not just free condoms, but a right to quality orgasms
Welcome to the Brave New World.
access to the internet, basic human right, Sarkozy
