The Digital Divide

When the video starts the eleven-year-boy says he goes to work. Why is it happening?

• He doesn´t like his school.

• He prefers to work.

• His school doesn´t have good conditions to study.

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What does "being on the wrong side of the digital divide" mean?

• This girl doesn´t live with her family

• Her school doesn´t have internet so she can´t access to information.

• Her parents don´t let her study as she has to help her mother.

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Who are the 'disenfranchised' and what does it mean?

• The inhabitants of a country who do not have the right to access information

• The inhabitants of a country who do not have the right to housing and food.

• The inhabitants of a country who live in excellent living conditions

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What are the benefits the narrator refers to in the video?

• The benefits that the access to new technologies bring

• The lack of the basics in life

• The benefits of housing and food

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If you were given the chance to change life, what would you do to connect, to communicate, to empower, to give hope to people and nations?

• Propose innovative methods to scale the use of existing technologies to accelerate the distribution of Internet globally

• Create affordable access to Internet to connect people and communities.

• Create opportunities for poor communities to access digital technologies through ready-to-deploy products and strategies

• Promote equitable use of digital services and technology, empowering marginalised communities to overcome barriers to digital literacy, education, and economic opportunities