To be precise, almost 4 in 5 people in the 26 countries surveyed answered that they agreed to some extent with the statement "Access to the Internet should be a

To be precise, almost 4 in 5 people in the 26 countries surveyed answered that they agreed to some extent with the statement "Access to the Internet should be a fundamental right of all people." The statement is agreeable because it doesn't specify whether this should be a positive or a negative right. Is the questioner asking whether taxpayers must pay for the Internet access of the less fortunate, or whether governments have the right to restrict that access? The fact that the USA and Canada had almost identical survey results despite vast political differences highlights the ambiguity of the question.