Times of Eswatini

Should internet access be human right?

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SNOWSEN INNOVATION­S

access Šas become a re lstoŠubacbtŠysioanmn‰efosŠrsueimtntt­aoinablrei­c‰coŠomtmsm‰eroaodubip­taysǦ

NTERNET

csiecleŠburmataens irtis‰ŠtuǤmsanoui‰tŠtsfriacya, a˜nailyasbti­slittyoofinatedrene­pt adcic˜eessin, atso™tŠelel asrteŠseouimrcpe­lǤication of not Ša˜in‰ sucŠ plesamndor­pelacnedsm­usoere cioǦmip, iatnbiecso, pmeeosǦ t˜doi˜sbepe,reocspopon­ercstitaia­olnlnytal™yteŠcleoyndnoi­nfefceicti­eusdlrtǤet“ouŠsirsuerids­Ǧ caacl lcolee™sdssǮatfol­o™nrae“y™suǦsioc,noǯpcaponon­drntŠeucantsii˜stiileteys­Ǧ,faarnnedde sfroomuacŠdmisopraer­Ǥ itsy™inatinitae­lrsnoestuc­ffoenrsǦ Šnea˜ctiin˜‰itmy, o™biitlŠe spoŠmoneeasrea­atsablla, raenldy tŠeis™bŠeocaleme trulyǦͳaͻp­eprarǤenut­nddurreidn­s‰, omreem˜benertsŠofutsŠaen™dsorofisnt‰ucdleansst­s™aenrde ftoŠrecierd atoily‰ertoiuntie­nrense,taŒnudstatola­pcerofofrinmǦ tuenranbel­teatcocele­sasrmn,eoarnyt oeiutŠ™eerryeoun™aebrle ctonbceeap­tporof adlu™catiy˜seǦoenmipn­ltoeyreneǤ­t ŠŠaes

IBY BAFANA GAMA nbeocsoim‰nes“oufisteloc™oimn‰mdoon™, anǤd it sŠo™s ͲǤͳŠͷepmeridcd­elnetcolaf stŠsesipreind­cosmabeoou­nt i™nŠteilrenleo­t™cǦoinncnoe­mcetiŠ˜oituysaenŠodldasccŠeas˜se, tco mpaeyounps­aʹmͳ epǤerŠciesndti‰oiftatŠl edir˜iidneǦ aerepas‰arroe™ainff‰e,cmteadnmin­o‰rloe™sǦein˜ecormelye isninccoem­yeouȋaefti­teŠredresdpue­cntdioͳnȀs­ͷȌ,oofryyoouu­r ftoŠrafteaitre­altlratŠdeitimonaa­nlylyoapcp­ceosrstiub­nleit˜ieias mtŠediinat,enronteito­ǤnsosruecŠtŠasntŒŠuest sooucritaŠl

ntdeursnte­rtiaolf eŠ˜ionl‰ustiȋono ȋͶȌ creȌatneda­tlŠoet oacfctecsŠsiǦbolreie­tŠnrteodu‰ŒoŠb, asn™dŠriecŠlyaŠreao˜nily, otŠnaitn™teitrŠnetŠt eteycoŠuntoŠlou‰niemsǤplom­ymbeinet roante boef‰aibnosutot ͷreͲaplies­recteŠnetdleo˜caslltyata­ind‰ impact a lac of connecti˜ity Šas, ietsǯspetr­cuiaelltyŠiantdien˜telronpeit­ns‰earr˜eiacseǤs ŠŠai˜le becso,mtŠeemcosrteo­affifnotre­dranbeltei­sfrsotmill toŠoe Ši‰Š ™Šen compared to its necessityǤ cosnttŠineu™eosrtlod,eamnbdrea˜cennoeu™rtceocuŠntorlyǦ toŠ‰ey,c™ointŠnoeucttai˜rietyal‰saoplu,ttiŠone tionbterri­dn‰eet ™lacilel ,ceofnfetci­ntiu˜eltyolosec‰mine‰nlot ™tŠǦeinpcopmu­eǦ mŠoeuaseuŠreolodfspo­eurstonfal­n, tyecmŠenaonloin‰i‰cfaull, or economic ‰ro™tŠǤ

“uic comparison ™itŠ Šina, a dsŠe˜oe™lospŒiuns‰tcŠoou™ntrcyrinti­citaslot™Šen trei‰cŠtǦ, nolo‰y infrastruc­ture Šas been to t ŠeiniraeŠšapdoannean˜teiarla‰reoo™f ͳtŠʹǤfreyeʹͲi­ͳǦͲi, ne˜eet™ryorcitsiœoennec˜oeruyldstb­reecto, mnneeacnti­end‰ bceyrsyiǤ mopdlyay™, aŠlinina‰istonteŠeoflotŠcealm‰orosǦt dplia‰niteatl,l™y oard˜iann‰coendtnŠeatciuotnt­isno‰nedtŠ‰e of tecŠnolo‰y, and tŠeir ‰ro™tŠ is not losin‰ steam anytime soonǤ Še dabeimlita­yntdomcoen­ansecbtett­otetrŠ“euinatliet­rynoeftloi­fne fooprptoŠretucintitœiensǤs, aintŠd taŠcicsepsesr­tsop‰elcotbi˜ael riinne“mtuŠiienredŠm,ii‰etŠnbǦtetfceo­ocrmŠpre™os‰odrreilfsd­fsic,™euseltplte­io˜ciedailisl­nyǦ miss tŠe internet as a fundamenta­l todayǤ

QUOTES

“If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.”Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect

“If future generation­s are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.”- Lyndon B. Johnson, Former President of the United States of America

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(Courtesy pic) RMeovroelu­tthioann (j4uIsRt) saoncdiatl­hme eIndtiear, nneottoiof­nTshsinugc­sh (aIosTt)hcereFaotu­erathloItn­dofustterc­iha-l oriented jobs, which are only accessible through, and rely heavily, on internet technologi­es.
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