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"Recognise the right to access and use the Internet as a human right as an essential condition for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression."

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UN (OHCHR), OAS, ACHPR, OSCE: Joint Declaration on Challenges to Freedom of Expression in the Next Decade, para. 2.a

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Joint Declaration on Challenges to Freedom of Expression in the Next Decade

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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.