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    The digital divide includes inequalities in access to computers, connectivity and opportunities to develop digital skills. This disproportionately impacts underprivileged groups by limiting education, job prospects and social inclusion. Governments should address this through digital literacy programs, education initiatives and efforts to expand affordable broadband access.

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    The digital divide includes inequalities in access to computers, connectivity and opportunities to develop digital skills. This disproportionately impacts underprivileged groups by limiting education, job prospects and social inclusion. Governments should address this through digital literacy programs, education initiatives and efforts to expand affordable broadband access.

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    The digital divide includes inequalities in access to computers, connectivity and opportunities to develop digital skills. This disproportionately impacts underprivileged groups by limiting education, job prospects and social inclusion. Governments should address this through digital literacy programs, education initiatives and efforts to expand affordable broadband access.

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    Until recently, Internet access was considered a luxury and the differences in digital access

    were seen as similar. However, it is now widely accepted that technological discrimination

    is a form of social exclusion because it deprives certain citizens of the resources necessary

    to develop their wealth.

    The digital divide includes not only obvious problems with access to computers and

    connectivity but also inequalities that affect those who lack the skills and opportunities to

    access information technology or who are more unequal in access.

    This is most evident when looking at the balance of the global economy, especially the

    rapid growth in the number of jobs that require digital access and skills. In the US, for

    example, nearly half of all STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) jobs are in

    computer science. In 2020, there would be around 1 million job openings in it. The inability

    to learn these skills is a barrier to these jobs and the income that comes with them. The

    impacts of the phenomenon reach many people, in several important ways

    Lack of communication and isolation: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp

    focus the isolation that people without Internet access or skills can quickly experience. This

    can have serious concomitant effects from not being able to secure appointments for

    vaccination against the coronavirus to limiting individuals’ job prospects and affecting their

    mental health.

    Barriers to education: As education is increasingly delivered online those without the

    resources to access the Internet, including schoolchildren limited to remote learning during

    the pandemic, can be cut off from opportunities to develop their skills. As a result children
    may have educational gaps and adults may miss out on job opportunities or be unable to

    gain the basic skills necessary to contribute to their community.

    Worsening gender discrimination: As noted above, the digital divide also exacerbates many

    existing forms of discrimination. One of the most widespread is gender discrimination, W

    Women who lack equal access to the Internet are unable to gain an education or

    information that could help them challenge (and have a better chance of raising) their

    status.

    As the world becomes more dependent on digital technology these consequences are likely

    to become more severe and widespread. Society has a responsibility to address the digital

    divide in a holistic way that recognizes its many negative aspects and consequences.

    Network neutrality has accompanied the Internet since its creation and is based on the idea

    that all users and platforms are equal, so that no provider or telecommunications company

    can give higher priority to one service than another: any byte is worth the same as another,

    whatever it is used for and whoever uses it.

    the government should carry out digital literacy programs. They educate the inhabitants of

    less favored areas in the use of the Internet to improve their personal well-being, Alliance

    for an Affordable Internet. This project, led by an international coalition of governments,

    companies and civil society seeks to lower the cost of broadband in specific areas, projects

    in schools and universities for students who do not have the possibility of this service in

    their homes so that stay connected to the world of technology.

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