Isn’t this a word for our times! Netizen, informal. A user of the internet, especially a habitual or avid one. Another definition - A netizen is a person who uses the internet, especially as a forum, for the expression of views and participation in political society. The term is a portmanteau of the English words "internet" and "citizen.”
We, the people… here is a website that has the proposed declaration of the rights of netizens. It is firstmonday.org
"We Netizens have begun to put together a Declaration of the Rights of Netizens and are requesting from other Netizens contributions, ideas, and suggestions of what rights should be included. Following are some beginning ideas.
The Declaration of the Rights of Netizens
In recognition that the Net represents a revolution in human communications that was built by a cooperative non-commercial process, the following Declaration of the Rights of the Netizen is presented for Netizen comment.
As Netizens are those who take responsibility and care for the Net, the following are proposed to be their rights:
Universal access at no or low cost
Freedom of Electronic Expression to promote the exchange of knowledge without fear of reprisal
Uncensored Expression
Access to Broad Distribution
Universal and Equal access to knowledge and information
Consideration of one's ideas on their merits"
and so on. It says inspired from Thomas Paine’s Declaration of Independence, 1776.
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