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Digital Fairness vs. Facebook’s Dream of World Domination

Harvard Business Review

According to a McKinsey & Company study India’s biggest barriers to internet adoption are primarily in the areas of internet access capabilities and awareness of the internet itself. Only 19.2% Meanwhile, China’s e-commerce market is 80 times as large.

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There’s a Gender Gap in Internet Usage. Closing It Would Open Up Opportunities for Everyone

Harvard Business Review

The International Telecommunications Union reports that the proportion of women using the internet is 12% lower than the proportion of men; this gender gap widens to 32.9% In developing countries, those differences are even greater. But the gender gap problem doesn’t stop there. in the least developed countries.