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The emergence of a decentralized, fragmented, and low-cost Internet
opened up possibilities for persons with disabilities to lead an
independent and inclusive life, which had been denied to them in
the physical world. However, despite advancement in technology
persons with disabilities have been excluded. With the digital
divide opening up before them, there is a danger that social
injustice faced by persons with disabilities in the physical world
may be replayed in virtual space. Since the Internet is largely
dominated by corporations, this digital divide cannot be bridged
without questioning their role. This book explores the interplay
between human rights of persons with disabilities and corporate
obligation towards the creation of an inclusive and accessible
Internet. In the modern day and age, since a large part of everyday
functionalities is carried through or from the Internet, rights
enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (CRPD) cannot be effectively realized unless access to
the Internet is ensured to everyone, including persons with
disabilities. The book engages with the contemporary discourse on
the nature of the right to access the Internet, and contextualizes
the same within the framework of emerging disability rights
jurisprudence. It articulates that the existing digital divide is
an extension of social injustice to persons with disabilities from
the physical world to the virtual world. It is argued that
conceptualizing the right to access the Internet as merely an
enabling right is oversimplifying an otherwise complex issue. The
book advances the argument that under disability rights
jurisprudence, the right to access the Internet is a human right.
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