Support for banning social media among under-16s is growing. But a closer look reveals complex questions over privacy and digital inclusion.
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While technology can promote inclusion and access to information, it can also lead to dependency and affect the cultural identity of indigenous communities.
Digital identification is supposed to provide identity to all people. But sometimes it blocks access to essential services.
Cheaper, more reliable satellite internet is transforming internet access in remote communities – for those who can afford it.
The G20 presidency could champion affordable internet for women, innovation hubs for women entrepreneurs and subsidies for tech companies to hire more women.
New research shows internet access can be sorely lacking for First Nations people because of cost, poor infrastructure and little training.
An overhaul of the mobile network could help us send texts and make calls in even the remotest areas. But there are technical challenges we’d need to overcome.
New research on New South Wales students shows many do not have access to computers and the support they need to use them. This means they risk falling behind.
Digital inclusion is a key metric under the Closing The Gap plan, but the government needs a better strategy to make meaningful progress.
Pastoralist communities face barriers like poor infrastructure, illiteracy and government neglect.
So much of day to day life is not powered by technology, but what happens if you’ve been behind bars for years? It’s time prisoners better prepared inmates for life once they’ve served their time.
A new report shows how remote First Nations community face obstacles to digital inclusion – and what can be done to remove them.
Families living on Mornington Island have to make compromises due to a lack of digital services – including missing out on cultural activities on Country .
There is little evidence organisations consider digital accessibility by default. It usually happens if they have a senior accessibility champion in their ranks, or when they get sued.
Remote Queensland farmers are among the least “digitally included” communities in Australia, according to a new report that documents the impacts of low access, affordability and digital ability for families and communites.
Labor’s 2019 NBN election policy will disappoint those hoping for a fast-tracked return to that party’s 2009 vision of high-speed fibre for (almost) everyone.
Tasmania’s digital inclusion increased dramatically and more than the national average from 2017 to 2018. This change is underpinned by a doubling of access to NBN in Tasmania in that period.
The cast of Overwatch playable heroes are straight and gay, men and women, robots, doctors, and criminals – and represent six of the seven continents.
The Democrats’ policy platforms address the fundamental issue of Internet haves and have-nots in the U.S. But research suggests just hooking people up to broadband won’t solve the problem.
Older people aren’t all lonely for the same reasons – we need different solutions to help them feel socially included.
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Distinguished Professor of Media and Communications; Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University
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Lecturer, Department of Management, Griffith University
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Daniel Featherstone is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Computer Information Systems, Georgia State University
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Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Health & Social Care, The Open University
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Principal Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow at School of Population Health, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Information Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Research Associate, Ludwig Maxmilians University (Munich), University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Associate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology