The Evolution of the Digital Divide: New Dimensions of Digital Inequality

19/11/2024 8 min

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This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Guillermo Echauri can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2024/11/the-evolution-of-the-digital-divide-new-dimensions-of-digital-inequality/. About the post: From the emergence of the Web, through milestones such as the rise of mobile phones and social media, and up to the current hype around AI, the development, access, and use of digital technologies have not been exempted from the impact of prevailing global inequalities, especially socio-economic ones. As these disparities emerge between regions, nations, societies and communities, digital inequalities continue to arise through various means and ways. (This episode is available in additional languages on Platypus, The CASTAC Blog.)

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