For many decades, the General Assembly has been mindful of the difficulties and opportunities presented by technological change. In 2015, the Addis Ababa Agenda for Action 69/313 and the 2030 Agenda ...

It’s become a popular talking point to list all the risks of data collection, whether it be privacy and surveillance or the lack of transparency that can come with data ownership. But rather than stay ...

Inequality is worsened by a lack of universal access to digital money: all forms of money transacted digitally: cards, electronic, and digital currency, asserted Brookings Institution Senior Fellow in ...

Millions of people are suffering from digital health inequality because of poverty, experts have warned. A new study says urgent work is needed to ensure those from deprived areas can access health ...

We got at least a hint of fresh insight yesterday into China’s ongoing crackdown on big tech companies, which recently swept up ride-share service Didi Chuxing and the fintech-focused Ant Group. At ...

The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)—particularly in “hidden” everyday applications—is creating a new and distinct form of digital inequality. This is the warning of communication ...

A new paper in Oxford Open Economics, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that, while digital financial services are often proposed as a vehicle to lower inequality, the cost and ...

Yong Jin Park, RSM Visiting Scholar, analyzes the digital inequality in AI. "This study focuses on digital divide in the context of access, use, and perceptual understanding of digital assistants. We ...

When people hear the term “accessibility” in the context of disability, most will see images of ramps, automatic doors, elevators, or tactile paving (textured ground which helps vision impaired people ...

It's become a popular talking point to list all the risks of data collection, whether it be privacy and surveillance or the lack of transparency that can come with data ownership. But rather than stay ...