The right to connectivity: between emergencies and tensions

Abstract

What are we talking about when we talk about the right to connectivity? Access to the Internet is one of the digital and human rights approved by the United Nations in 2016. Specifically, it refers to the fact that being able to connect to the Internet is a basic right of all human beings. In this article we will focus on the right to connectivity and its link with education, taking into account the deepening of technological and educational inequalities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this way we will develop the different policies and programs launched during this period to question whether this right is being guaranteed or not. The work is approached from a hybrid and integral perspective, since statistical data will be taken from EPH, MAUTIC, and other current reports, and will be combined with different investigations about access to ICT.