Thursday, September 24, 2015

Editor's Pick: The Rich Get Internet-Richer While the Poor Get None


Jack M. Germain
Sep 24, 2015 11:22 AM PT
About 300 million people gained Internet access in the past year. But some 57 percent of the world's population -- more than 4 billion people -- still do not use the Internet regularly or actively, according to a UN Broadband Commission report released this week. Women fared worse than men in poorer countries, with 25 percent fewer having Internet access. [More...]

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