Tackle digital poverty, Salleh urges State Govt

Kota Kinabalu: Usukan Assemblyman Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak (pic) urged the State Government to find ways to tackle the issue of digital poverty in the State.

He said digital poverty was a state of deprivation, especially in terms of information and communication technology (ICT) in the community, either due to the lack of ICT infrastructure or ICT skills.

“Digital poverty is not necessarily related to one’s economic position. A person may already have ICT devices such as a computer, smartphone and high-speed Internet but could still be digitally poor.

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