Should internet access be free for everyone?

Access to the internet is a universal right.

Broadband should be free.

Tech companies should foot the bill.

Discuss.

GZERO Media and Microsoft will convene proponents, skeptics, and fence-sitters to debate whether the internet should be free on the next Global Stage event.

• Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary General (moderator)
• Jessica Rosenworcel, Acting Chairwoman, Federal Communications Commission
• Vuyani Jarana, Chairman, Mobax Group
• Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau
• Vickie Robinson, General Manager, Microsoft Airband Initiative
• Amaka Anku, Practice Head, Africa, Eurasia Group

Special appearance by António Guterres, UN Secretary-General