Digital Divide

Originally published in Tech Policy Press on January 6, 2022. The new Affordable Connectivity Program- part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by Congress in November- provides a historic opportunity to connect millions of Americans who have been left out of the internet’s transformation of 21st century life…

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Over the past decade, technology and social media have increasingly evolved and at a rapid rate. We’ve also gotten to see the possibilities and opportunities that the pandemic had opened up for social connected during a time of quarantine and social distancing. …

How much money does it take to block a proposed FCC Commissioner from getting appointed? How much money does it take to corrupt our democratic process by the telecommunications companies, AT&T, Verizon, and CenturyLink that caused the Digital Divide and now want to get rewarded with the new wave of…

By Tom Mallah Digital technologies have become increasingly pervasive in the last decade, catapulted by mobile technology and the Internet. But there is persistent gender gap in access to these technologies. According to the latest data published by the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the global proportion of women using…

We need to show up and support a new municipal broadband effort The ConnectTO item is an important one for a lot of people in this City and it would be a shame to see it stopped so early in its tracks. It looks like that’s about to happen at…

While the latest technologies have blessed us with apps for banking, taxiing, paying utilities, grocery , pharmacy have made lives tremendously easier for half of us, it has created a digital divide from the remaining 50% including educated/uneducated/Sr citizens who lack computer/technical skills. …

Digital divide: content moderation , Accessibility and internet infrastructure Internet infrastructure and accessibility share something in common when they both fail to provide adequate inclusion to people, they create a digital divide. More than an inability to use webpages, and electronics there are real consequences to a lack of access…