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uberjoe 
Will the UN make access to the Internet a Human Right within the next 5 years?
Background: Cory Doctorow has made the following claim:
"Here's a prediction: in five years, a UN convention will enshrine network access as a human right (preemptive strike against naysayers: "Human rights" aren't only water, food and shelter, they include such "nonessentials" as free speech, education, and privacy). In ten years, we won't understand how anyone thought it wasn't a human right." http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/30/homeless-people-and.html
Is he right?
"Here's a prediction: in five years, a UN convention will enshrine network access as a human right (preemptive strike against naysayers: "Human rights" aren't only water, food and shelter, they include such "nonessentials" as free speech, education, and privacy). In ten years, we won't understand how anyone thought it wasn't a human right." http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/30/homeless-people-and.html
Is he right?
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
Forecast history %
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Question suspends in 4 years
- Activity: H$2,526 |
- Predictions: 16 |
Comments: 0
Get widget!Predictions (16)
jamalpeter
predicted Yes (H$300 at 24%)
predicted No (H$100 at 76%)
predicted No (H$500 at 76%)
neopugg
predicted Yes (H$20 at 24%)
gsrider
predicted No (H$100 at 76%)Comments (0)
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