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Access to the internet is a human right

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Connecting Internet access with freedom of expression and creativity.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 56, Issue 6
        June 2013
        104 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/2461256
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