The document discusses how access to the internet is increasingly being recognized as a human right. It notes that several countries now consider internet access a legal right, and the UN has endorsed this view. However, it also acknowledges that while the internet provides opportunities for human development, it poses new threats from extensive monitoring and control by governments and large corporations. The document argues that for the internet to be truly free, users must have rights to privacy, to monitor those who monitor them, to delete personal data, to an online identity, and to determine when they can be found online.