The coronavirus is strengthening the case for free internet access
The rise of social-distancing and self-isolation spawned by the coronavirus has reignited calls to make free internet access to be considered as a human right and universal entitlement. Among the proponents is Citizens Online, a charity that campaigns against digital exclusion, which has urged the UK government to make the internet free for everyone in the country during the pandemic. The organization argues that older people were already more likely to experience digital inequality prior to the outbreak. More than a third of people over 65 and more than half of those over 75 had either never used the internet…
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