Vinton G. Cerf, a leading computer scientist and is also known as the “Father of the Internet”, in the New York Times op-ed has revealed different opinion contrary to current perspective. While a number of countries began to introduce the concept of the Internet as a human right, Cerf firmly stated that the Internet isn’t human right. According to him, the Internet as the technology is the enabler of human rights, but not the right themselves. Human rights are including freedom of speech and the Internet allows anyone to easily express their opinions, except if you live in repressive country like North Korea.

Cerf also compared this situation to a time where someone who doesn’t have a horse and they would have difficulty earning a living. The right here is to make a living, not the ownership of horses. If the current horse owning rights granted to all people, of course it isn’t beneficial for everyone, even it will cause inconvenience.

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