Technology is ever-changing, and it has also become a line of division, highlighting differences in access to digital resources between communities. This divide hampers individual and societal ...

A new analysis of government data by the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society found that the United States as a whole is making some progress toward closing the digital divide. While experts in ...

Millions of households across rural America don't have access to the high-speed internet necessary to fully participate in the modern economy, but the emergence of data center development in new areas ...

More than a year after the state of North Carolina unveiled a template for local governments to design digital inclusion plans, thousands of rural citizens are still left behind. Earlier this week, ...

Pew Research Center’s latest survey of US teens backs this up: 58% of Hispanic teens and 53% of Black teens said they were online “almost constantly,” according to the December 2024 study, compared ...

In a relatively short time, Josh Thomas has seen the Prince William County district he represents in the Virginia House of Delegates transform from farmland and residential neighborhoods to massive ...

Earlier this month, the US Department of Education (ED) made a call to action and broadened the definition of the digital divide by releasing its first National Educational Technology Plan (NETP) ...

Dr. Uyi Stewart, Chief Data and Technology Officer at Data.org, spoke on the global digital divide and the power to use data science for social impact during a campus lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

In 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act authorized $65 billion to expand broadband access and adoption, and address disparities highlighted by the COVID pandemic and the shift to remote ...

The Center for Data Innovation says a lack of collection and use of data across demographics is leading to disparities in access to critical services. A recent report from the Center for Data ...

Africa remains the least connected continent, with only 38 percent of its population having internet access as of 2024. This disparity is not merely technological but deeply rooted in historical ...