Q.1.2 Facebook in a quest to mitigate the effects of infrastructure and the digital divide have launched Project Aquila. The problem of infrastructure is prevalent in Africa. Discuss the implication of all the different forms of the digital divide.

Q1.2

Digital Divide:

Socio-economic divide- this is when less developed countries may not have all the internet access as other countries and so they do not have the same advantages with technology and all that they offer as other places.

Divide in content- there may be language barriers as most of the websites are in English so people may struggle to understand and get all the information they looking for.

Gender divide- in developing countries less women has internet access because of educational economic factors and so it is harder to get access if they do not have the resources.

Skills divide- just because technology is becoming more advanced it does not mean people are adapting the skills to work them at the same rate. It is also hard for people who do not have as much access as some do and so they will not have as many skills to operate a computer.

Universal access divide- this involves people who have disabilities and cannot operate technology as easy as other people and so they would have to use technology devises suitable for them, which would be much more expensive.