From what I've heard so far, it's less a case of the internet being so very integral to our very society that everybody must have the right to use it, and more an issue of free speech. Free speech is a right (isn't it?) and the internet is one of the most powerful ways of free expression there is. Perhaps it shouldn't be a direct human right, but the obstruction of internet access by a government should definetly seen as something that is morally extremely suspect.
I'm guessing that the use of Twitter and Youtube during protests in Iran ifluenced this decision as much as the conflict with China.
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