Reminder that the right to internet access was deemed a human right by the United Nations in 2003 as it’s a form of expression and opinion. Please remind your representatives that curtailing your access to websites and accounts is a violation of human rights.

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idk about 2003 but def at least in 2012

July 12, 2012) On July 5, 2012, the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations, unanimously adopted a resolution to protect the free speech of individuals on the Internet, the first such U.N. resolution of its kind. The resolution was adopted during the HRC’s 20th session, held July 18-July 6, in Geneva. While they expressed reservations about it, the representatives of China and Cuba were also among the 47 members of the HRC who approved the resolution. The United States was one of the countries that co-sponsored the resolution with Sweden, which spearheaded the motion. (Stephanie Nebehay, UN Forum Backs Web Freedom After Arab Spring, REUTERS (July 5, 2012).)

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