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Access to knowledge — the central question?
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Who should control knowledge, and how should it be shared — should any of it ever be kept back?
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Censorship?
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Deciding what people are not allowed to know, read or say.
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The case FOR some control of knowledge?
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Some knowledge can cause real harm (e.g. weapons), and lies or propaganda can spread and hurt people.
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The strongest worry about censorship?
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Whoever censors decides what everyone else may know, and the 'harmful' label is easily abused to silence critics.
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What does Article 27 say?
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Everyone has the right to share in scientific advancement and its benefits and to take part in cultural life.
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Knowledge as a human right vs a favour?
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A right is something you're owed as a human being; a favour is granted by the powerful. Article 27 makes access a right.
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How can knowledge be denied without a ban?
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Paywalls, patents and expensive schooling price people out, denying access as surely as an outright ban.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
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The UN's 1948 global list of basic human rights; Article 27 covers sharing in knowledge and its benefits.
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