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Cut Off From Opportunity Without Equal Access to Internet

Americans Cut Off From Opportunity Without Equal Access to the Internet

03/22/2013 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Cut Off From Opportunity Without Equal Access to Internet

Clip: 3/22/2013 | 9m 23s

Americans Cut Off From Opportunity Without Equal Access to the Internet

Internet use is now so ubiquitous in the U.S. that not having access or online literacy can create major hurdles. As part of the NewsHour's series on broadband technology and its effect on society, Hari Sreenivasan explores the so-called digital divide with Vicky Rideout of VJR Consulting and former FCC official Karen Kornbluh.

03/22/2013 | Rating NR

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