#digital-divide — Public Fediverse posts

This is interesting. While some are fighting to buy the latest version of phones, this is happening at UC Berkley.

Neither is wrong. Both have different adjacent possibles.

Whole some are trying to minimize the digital divide others are trying to maximize it.

Circumstance is a peculiar thing.

https://www.kqed.org/news/12081336/these-uc-berkeley-students-are-leading-the-fight-against-phones

#tech #digitaldivide

Cheaper than satellites and more versatile than ground towers, Red Balloon Aerospace's Super Pressure Balloon promises to deliver internet, disaster alerts, and surveillance to India's remote regions. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/specials/tower-in-the-sky-over-vijayawada-near-space-tech-indias-urban-rural-digital-gap-lvft9nex?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DigitalDivide #Connectivity #InformationTechnology #Vijayawada

AI is already here—but not evenly distributed. The digital divide is widening into an #AI divide. How do we build a bridge of #AILiteracy and fluency so “AI immigrants” can become “AI natives”? #DigitalDivide #FutureOfWork #Strategy
https://www.datentreiber.com/blog/building-bridges/

How #technology is failing the #elderly: The simple #solutions no one is implementing
Tech companies design for #youth, not for aging bodies. Loneliness is amplified by digital #isolation.
#Aging #Seniors #DigitalInclusion #TechForGood #ElderlyCare #AccessibilityMatters #DigitalDivide #HumanCenteredDesign #AgeingPopulation

Technology is leaving seniors behind
https://juskosave.blogspot.com/2026/04/how-technology-is-failing-elderly.html

WEBINAR APR 15 – 2026 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected (CTU) Program Kickoff

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On Wednesday April 15 2026, ar 10:30-12:00 EDT (14:30-16:00 UTC) the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Future Networks Initiative (FNI)  will host a webinar kick off their 2026 Connecting the Unconnected (CTU) program. This annual effort has two aspects 1) a global challenge  - a

https://isoc.live/20596/

#post #2026 #ctu #DigitalDivide #ieee

🚀 Breaking News: Ancient Dodgers fan can't enter modern tech coliseum because he doesn't possess the sacred scroll of the smartphone. 📱 Meanwhile, Silicon Valley sacrifices another soul to the digital gods, all in the name of progress. 🤦‍♂️
https://twitter.com/Suzierizzo1/status/2040864617467924865 #AncientDodgersFan #DigitalDivide #TechCulture #SiliconValley #ProgressOrSacrifice #HackerNews #ngated

WEBINAR APR 13 – DC-DDHT – Quantum Technologies, Implications for the Global Digital Divide

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On April 13, 2026, at 10:00 PDT (17:00 UTC) the Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies (DC-DDHT) hosts a webinar 'Quantum Technologies, Implications for the Global Digital Divide'.

Focus on marginalized groups, plus women, youth , elderly ... How

https://isoc.live/20527/

#post #2026 #DCDDHT #DigitalDivide #DigitalHealth #igf #quantum

IMO Amnesty International is perpetrating discrimination of the users of Twibright Links lightweight web browser not equipped with JavaScript and IMO Amnesty International are hypocrites: they pose as if fighting for human rights, but they themselves IMO perpetrate discrimination and censorship and Amnesty International IMO violates the basic human right to receive information.

I recommend:
1) Don't send Amnesty International any donations.
2) Tell other people about the behaviour of Amnesty International.
3) Boycott Amnesty International.

Their website consists of a grid of pictures and text. You don't need JavaScript to display that and even if you did, lack of JavaScript would just mean reduced functionality, not blocking of whole website.

This may IMO impact marginalized individuals (people living in poverty, people in developing countries, refugees, dissidents) who cannot afford to buy a powerful device with enough RAM (cf. recent RAM price crisis) to run a resource hungry web browser with JavaScript and exacerbate the digital divide.

IMO Amnesty International is joining the camp of perpetrators of digitalitarian digitatorship, where citizens are required to submit to an ever increasing amount of surveillance and tracking and required to submit to an extortion to purchase ever more expensive electronic devices.

I feel

s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

towards Amnesty International.

#links2 #links2gang #amnestyinternational #amnesty #hypocrisy #boycott #abuse #discrimination #censorship #contempt #strongcontempt #twibright #twibrightlabs #linksbrowser #marginalized #marginalizedgroups #poverty #developingcountries #ramprices #rampricecrisis #ramcrisis #digitaldivide #dissidents #refugees #javascript #resourcehungry #bloatware

📢 Boost Media APS dà il via al progetto Oikos!!!

Il progetto solidale cerca di aiutare persone, studenti ed associazioni che non possono permettersi di acquistare un pc ad avere il loro, riducendo così il digital divide.

❤️ Ti serve un pc? Vai sul sito e compila il modulo Ricevi-PC
💚 Vuoi donare un pc? Vai sul sito e compila il modulo Dona-PC

Riduciamo insieme il Digital Divide!

@informatica

https://boostmedia.it/it/oikos

#trashware #oikos #boostmedia #ufficiozero #digitaldivide

Innerhalb der „Schere der Digitalen Kompetenz“ öffnet sich gerade die „Schere der ‚KI-Kompetenz‘“, und darin die „Schere der kommerziellen KI-Nutzung“: Viele verlieren den Anschluss an die #Digitalisierung; doch von denen, die da gerade noch mitkommen, verlieren viele den Anschluss an ‚#KI‘; und dann gibt es da noch diejenigen, die sich die teuren Modellzugänge einfach nicht leisten können. Wenn KI also irgendwas gerade besonders stark vorantreibt, dann #DigitalDivide und #DigitalInequality.

I refuse to use apps on my phone for most things, and I try not to use services that require an app. It particularly annoys me when it seems a government sevice requires the use of a smartphone.

I saw this article which says it well and thoght I'd share it.

Digital divide: App-only services exclude millions
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5790581-app-only-services-inequality

#smartphone #digitaldivide

There's only one city in America that isn't on Google's Street View. Documentary filmmaker Chris Parr set out to map it, using North Oak, Minnesota's byzantine rules and the help of a drone. His experience shows who gets privacy in America, and who doesn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtiiHXsnsrY

#PrivacyInAmerica #DigitalDivide #RightToPrivacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #DataPrivacy #NorthOaks #GoogleStreetView #DocumentaryFilmmaking #DroneMapping #IndieDoc #Cartography

Internet subcultures: digital nomads
https://negativepid.blog/internet-subcultures-digital-nomads/

#digitalNomads #Internet #tech #lifestyle #IT #travel #WFH #digitalDivide #freedom #socialMedia #negativepid

Art Education & Digital Literacy in the Age of AI nettricegaskins.medium.com/art-education-… #AI #education #digitalDivide

Art Education & Digital Litera...

California Regulators Force Verizon To Do “Woke” Stuff Like Make Sure Broadband Is Semi-Affordable To Poor People

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/29/california-regulators-force-verizon-to-do-woke-stuff-like-make-sure-broadband-is-semi-affordable-to-poor-people/

Say no to discrimination against people who use technology.

#NoDiscrimination #TechForAll #digitalinclusion #accessibility #equality #humanrights #technology #inclusion #disabilityrights #digitaldivide #fairness #rights #tech #awareness #society #justice #empowerment #diversity #equity #community

Nelle case spariscono i PC, sostituiti dagli smartphone 📉📱 Comodo? Certo. Rischioso? Molto. Stiamo crescendo una generazione di "utenti perfetti" che ignorano cosa sia un File System. Se nessuno sa più come funziona la macchina, chi la costruirà domani? 🔧🤔 #Tech #DigitalDivide #GenZ

https://www.melamorsicata.it/2026/01/06/declino-pc-decadenza-competenze-informatiche/

Recommended Links bookmark addition. Searching for Youtube videos in the Links web browser. In one displaying the video description works, in the other it doesn't.

#links2gang #links2 #noscript #twibright #youtube #javascript #digitaldivide #accessibility #compatibility #permacomputing #sustaibability

Starlink is rapidly transforming global internet access, reaching 8M+ users across 150 countries with cheaper, faster connectivity especially in underserved regions. Backed by political influence and intense demand, it’s dominating markets like Zimbabwe and expanding even amid regulatory pushback. Starlink is becoming a leading force in closing the global digital gap.

#Starlink #ElonMusk #SatelliteInternet #GlobalInternet #DigitalDivide #TECHi

Read more details :- https://www.techi.com/starlink-global-internet-alternative/

Lower-income teens use Character.ai's companion chatbots at twice the rate of wealthier peers, while higher-income teens gravitate toward ChatGPT's productivity tools. Same technology, different functions—one group gets a tutor, the other gets a substitute friend.

#AIEthics #DigitalDivide

https://www.implicator.ai/the-class-divide-in-teen-ai-who-gets-the-tutor-who-gets-the-companion/

Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru

https://www.nber.org/papers/w34495

#HackerNews #OneLaptopPerChild #RuralPeru #EducationTech #DigitalDivide #Innovation

AI promises efficiency, but it’s also amplifying labour inequality
#Tech #AI #LabourInequality #Automation #FutureOfWork #Work #WorkersRights #TechImpact #DigitalDivide #Equity #Inequality #Workforce #AIImpact #Workplace #Labour #The14 #The14Media
https://the-14.com/ai-promises-efficiency-but-its-also-amplifying-labour-inequality/