The Digital Divide is the separation between people who have access to information technologies and those people who do not have access. This is mainly due to socioeconomic, geographical, censorship and monitoring by governments, and age related issues. The more information technologies these "haves" gain, the more these "have nots" will be disadvantaged.
The following youtube video is about the digital divide. It mainly discusses the impact of the digital divide on people who do not have access to information technologies due to socioeconomic and geographical reasons. The video's main argument is that people not only need access to information technologies but also the ability to effectively use them as well as the ability to empower people to use the technologies for productive gain. There are many organisations that are trying to reduce the digital divide by providing cheap laptops for these "have nots" such as the One Laptop Per Child organisation.
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