A concrete example of the digital divide

In August, 2020, a video of "The old man was blocked by the subway without a health code" was circulated on the Internet, which triggered a heated discussion on the dilemma of the "digital divide" for the elderly. 165438+1October 24, according to the news of Chinese government network, it is required to adhere to the traditional service mode and the innovation of intelligent services in parallel, and effectively solve the outstanding difficulties encountered by the elderly in using intelligent technology.

Digital divide refers to the ownership of information and network technology by different countries, regions, industries, enterprises and communities in the process of global digitalization.

There is also the information gap caused by the difference in application degree and innovation ability and the trend of further polarization between the rich and the poor.

The digital divide is a global problem in the information age. It involves many major issues such as economic equality in today's world, poverty reduction and debt reduction for poor countries, and breaking monopoly.