Can Broadband Policy Help Create A More Equitable And inclusive Economy And Society Instead Of The Reverse?
Fri, Dec 11th 2020 12:00pm — Blair Levin 25 years ago, then NTIA Administrator Larry Irving warned that the rising importance of the internet had the downside of creating what he coined a “digital divide." 15 years later, the National Broadband Plan reported that as “more aspects of daily life move online and offline alternatives disappear, the range of choices available to people without broadband narrows. Digital exclusion compounds inequities for historically marginalized groups.” In light of these trends, the plan warned “the cost of digital exclusion is large and growing.” Ju...
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