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#digitalexclusion — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #digitalexclusion, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Behind Digital Walls

    A great piece of policy research from Citizens Advice on “… how people are being locked out of essential services”.

    citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/p

    “[Citizens Advice] assessed the evidence provided by advisors and found that there are three key mechanisms of harm that result in people facing #DigitalExclusion from #Services.”

    🔀 Two-tier Support - We are living in a two-tiered system, where digitally excluded individuals get second-class support.

    ⛓️ Channel Lock - People are being locked into using either digital or non-digital services, when they need to be able to switch between them.

    🔻 Poor Digital Design - Poor digital design and high levels of friction mean people struggle to access support. Sometimes they give up.

  2. Behind Digital Walls

    A great piece of policy research from Citizens Advice on “… how people are being locked out of essential services”.

    citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/p

    “[Citizens Advice] assessed the evidence provided by advisors and found that there are three key mechanisms of harm that result in people facing #DigitalExclusion from #Services.”

    🔀 Two-tier Support - We are living in a two-tiered system, where digitally excluded individuals get second-class support.

    ⛓️ Channel Lock - People are being locked into using either digital or non-digital services, when they need to be able to switch between them.

    🔻 Poor Digital Design - Poor digital design and high levels of friction mean people struggle to access support. Sometimes they give up.

  3. Behind Digital Walls

    A great piece of policy research from Citizens Advice on “… how people are being locked out of essential services”.

    citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/p

    “[Citizens Advice] assessed the evidence provided by advisors and found that there are three key mechanisms of harm that result in people facing #DigitalExclusion from #Services.”

    🔀 Two-tier Support - We are living in a two-tiered system, where digitally excluded individuals get second-class support.

    ⛓️ Channel Lock - People are being locked into using either digital or non-digital services, when they need to be able to switch between them.

    🔻 Poor Digital Design - Poor digital design and high levels of friction mean people struggle to access support. Sometimes they give up.

  4. Behind Digital Walls

    A great piece of policy research from Citizens Advice on “… how people are being locked out of essential services”.

    citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/p

    “[Citizens Advice] assessed the evidence provided by advisors and found that there are three key mechanisms of harm that result in people facing #DigitalExclusion from #Services.”

    🔀 Two-tier Support - We are living in a two-tiered system, where digitally excluded individuals get second-class support.

    ⛓️ Channel Lock - People are being locked into using either digital or non-digital services, when they need to be able to switch between them.

    🔻 Poor Digital Design - Poor digital design and high levels of friction mean people struggle to access support. Sometimes they give up.

  5. Behind Digital Walls

    A great piece of policy research from Citizens Advice on “… how people are being locked out of essential services”.

    citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/p

    “[Citizens Advice] assessed the evidence provided by advisors and found that there are three key mechanisms of harm that result in people facing #DigitalExclusion from #Services.”

    🔀 Two-tier Support - We are living in a two-tiered system, where digitally excluded individuals get second-class support.

    ⛓️ Channel Lock - People are being locked into using either digital or non-digital services, when they need to be able to switch between them.

    🔻 Poor Digital Design - Poor digital design and high levels of friction mean people struggle to access support. Sometimes they give up.