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"States should actively promote universal access to the Internet regardless of political, social, economic or cultural differences, including by respecting the principles of net neutrality and of the centrality of human rights to the development of the Internet."

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UN (OHCHR), OAS, ACHPR, OSCE: Joint Declaration on Universality and the Right to Freedom of Expression, para. 1.h.iii

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Joint Declaration on Universality and the Right to Freedom of Expression

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Internet freedom, including access to online resources and digital tools, should be protected as essential to the exercise of human rights online, with any restrictions based in law, proportionate, and necessary in a democratic society.