![]() ![]() In this article, we examine the digital divide in the USA and discuss why it is a social justice and human rights issue. This calls upon social workers to engage in advocacy efforts to advance policy and programs to alleviate the digital divide. Consistent with a social work human rights approach, the United Nations General Assembly declared access to the Internet a basic human right in 2016. This structural reality perpetuates social, economic, and political disparities. Low-income, people of color, older, Native Americans, and rural residents in particular are on the wrong side of the digital divide. However, millions of people in the USA still have no home access to high-speed Internet. High-speed Internet is a tool people rely upon to conduct the daily business of their life and interact with each other, the economy, and government. ![]() The role of technology and importance of access to high-speed broadband has become glaringly obvious during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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