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COVID connectivity boost leaves social gaps intact

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INTERNATIONAL

COVID-19 lockdowns incentivised 783 million new users to come online during 2020-21

Recession risks wider internet infrastructure gap

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Development actors want governments to make the internet more affordable, accessible and reliable; progress is uneven

Digitalisation will divide and drive economic progress

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INTERNATIONAL

Digitalisation and developing economies.

Internet costs impede digital inclusion

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INTERNATIONAL

Internet costs have fallen across the 55 low and middle-income countries that are home to 6.4 billion people

Gender infrastructure gaps galvanise diverse partners

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INTERNATIONAL

Efforts to close gender infrastructure gaps.

Online disinformation is greater risk for older users

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INT

The growing numbers of senior citizens in the United States, their rapidly increasing adoption of social media and their high levels of voter turnout make their vulnerability to…

Digital divides impede 'edtech' in developing world

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INT

While access to schools has expanded in low- and middle-income countries in recent decades, learning outcomes have not seen a corresponding improvement. The onset of school…

Digital services will widen gap among states globally

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INT

Such expectations will be difficult to meet because of the financial constraints imposed by debt accumulated to fight the pandemic and address its economic consequences. Many…

Pandemic fuelled uptake of digital tools but unevenly

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INT

Pandemic-linked disruptions brought millions of new people online for the first time but wide gaps persist

Law means Australia tech-civic priorities struggle

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AUSTRALIA

The encryption law debate and its implications for Australia.