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Introduction: COVID-19: A Harsh Reminder that Open Internet Access and Meaningful Connectivity are Necessary

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AutorLuca Belli - Osama Manzar - Sarah Farooqui
Ocupação do AutorPhD is full-time professor at FGV Law School - Global leader on the mission of eradicating information poverty from India and the global South using digital tools - Research Manager at Digital Empowerment Foundation
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27The Value of Internet Openness in Times of Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has harshly highlighted the fundamental impor-
tance of Internet access, and the total exclusion that the unconnected face
in times of crises. Internet connectivity, has now emerged as the backbone
of all social, political and economic interactions along with services during the
Covid-19 pandemic. For some of us, our new routine comprises of e-learning,
telemedicine, online meetings, and using e-commerce and delivery apps for our
essentials. However, all of this is only possible if we have connectivity: without
Internet access, it is simply impossible to isolate, while also having access to
basic social and professional interactions.
For the almost4 billion people in the world who do not have Internet access1,
who cannot afford connectivity during the pandemic, the arrival of COVID-19
equals house-arrest. Additionally, an undefined portion of the population for-
mally considered as “connected” is de-facto only partially connected. Official
statistics consider a connected individual someone who has accessed the Inter-
netat least once over the past three months2. Besides being a rather questionable
way of defining who can be deemed as an individual enjoying Internet access,
this definition simply fails to consider that an incredibly large number of undue
restrictions, either politically or economically motivated, can affect one’s con-
INTRODUCTION
COVID-19: A Harsh Reminder
that Open Internet Access and
Meaningful Connectivity are
Essential
Luca Belli
Osama Manzar
Sarah Farooqui
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