We are told digital ID cards “won’t be a new experience”.

But millions of people in Britain are not using online banking or shopping — digital systems are not part of everyday life for everyone.

#Digitalexclusion #DigitalID

Really pleased to have been invited to talk at the CSPA East Solent AGM. The major issues concerning members were the service issues at #Capita with the #CivilServicePensionScheme administration, as well as concerns about #DigitalExclusion and the #CostOfLiving

www.cspa.co.uk

I am really very pissed off - why I am getting results in other languages than English or Urdu? I have changed the Search Engine but still getting results in other languages.

#DigitalColonization
#DigitalDivide #AntiMatrix
#DigitalTyrany
#DigitalExclusion
#eGovernment

Account suspended withing 15 minutes of creation 🥴🥴🥴

#DigitalCensorship
#CommunityGuidelines
#AlgorithmicSuppression
#DigitalDivide
#DigitalExclusion
#DigitalDiscrimination
#eGovernment
#DigitalTyranny
#DigitalExclusion
#DigitalColonization
#DigitalDivide

In the #UK, a #digitalID proposal raises considerations for security and efficiency benefits, but also risks of #digitalexclusion.

Read more in Sheetal Frank’s news brief: www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/digital...

#HRRC #news #humanrights #technology #surveillance #inclusivity #discrimination

Universal Credit, Universal Clobbering: DWP Turns “Safety Net” into a Login Screen A decade of outsourced guesswork, Mandatory Reconsideration purgatory, and tribunal reality checks shows a system slick at processing forms, and useless at processing people.

Universal Credit, Universal Clobbering: DWP Turns “Safety Net” into a Login Screen
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satiricalplanet.substack.com/p/universal-...
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#UniversalCredit #DWP #WelfareCrisis #SocialSecurity #PIP #ClimateOfSuspicion #DigitalExclusion #UKPolitics #HumanRights #CostOfLiving #WelfareReform #TribunalsJustice

Not everyone finds it easy to get online.

This podcast looks at how arts and culture support older adults to build digital confidence, sharing what works and why it matters.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/digit...

#DigitalInclusion #DigitalExclusion #CommunityResearch #ArtsAndCulture

So proud to have led this project with superb colleagues looking at the intersection of arts and culture and creativity and digital inclusion #DigitalInequalities #DigitalInclusion #DigitalExclusion #DigitalDivide

Addressing loneliness isn’t just personal support, it’s about designing systems that work for everyone.

What everyday barriers do you see in your communities? 💬Reply below 👇

#Loneliness #SocialInclusion #PublicServices #DigitalExclusion #Transport #Community #WaveLength

Rajasthan Panchayat Bans Smartphones for Women in 15 Villages - The CSR Journal A caste panchayat in Rajasthan's Jalore district has stirred a major controversy by banning women from using smartphones in 15 villages.

thecsrjournal.in/rajasthan-pa...

Women & girls cannot carry any mobile devices to weddings, social gatherings, or neighbours’ homes. School girls can use #smartphones at home but must leave them behind when stepping out.
#MenControllingWomen

#womensRights #DigitalExclusion #IndianWomenandGirls

#CILEX #Equality #Diversity #Inclusion #DigitalExclusion #AccesstoJustice #consumers

The UK has praised India’s digital ID system – but it’s locked millions out of their legitimate benefits Where automation replaces local, human assistance, those least able to navigate the systems are most likely to lose out.

Risk of #DigitalExclusion as UK "risks launching a system where those with unstable housing, irregular employment or limited digital literacy may be excluded. And, as in India, errors and mismatches will likely affect those least able to contest them."

The app tax: how digital exclusion creates a poverty premium - Workplace Insights by Adrie van der Luijt One million UK households cancelled broadband they couldn't afford. Now essential services charge more to people without apps, forcing digital exclusion.

Organisations could offer equivalent prices across channels. They could automatically apply discounts based on eligibility. They could maintain genuinely accessible non-digital routes. They don't, because exclusion is cheaper. Here's my article.
#DigitalExclusion #PovertyPremium #ConsumerDuty

UK Government Confirms 'Physical Alternative' to Digital ID Being Explored for Digital Inclusion - ID Tech The UK government is actively “considering options” for a “physical alternative” to its planned national digital identity, a minister confirmed this week. This move is designed to address significant,...

The government is considering a physical alternative to digital ID 🪪

This week a junior minister said the gvt is exploring a “digitally enabled physical alternative… a more traditional ID card that could be kept in wallets.” 👉 idtechwire.com/uk-governmen... @dxw.com #digitalexclusion #technews

Digital Tyranny is growing day by day 🤬

#DigitalCensorship
#CommunityGuidelines
#AlgorithmicSuppression
#DigitalDivide
#DigitalExclusion
#DigitalDiscrimination

During past 6 months my 3 accounts restricted on #Reddit.
I am strongly feeling Algorithmic Suppression against #GenX .

Anyone above 35 experiencing similar treatment online.🤔
#DigitalCensorship
#AlgorithmicSuppression
#DigitalDivide
#DigitalExclusion
#DigitalDiscrimination

3) Ongoing project with internship researchers based at Links CVS in Chesterfield; interviewing members of carers groups of diverse ethnicity to ask about family care for dementia & explore use of digital tech or #DigitalExclusion #ARCimpacts

Edyta, a frontline worker, shares how #DigitalExclusion affects Roma families, from benefit access to online services, and calls on councils to sign the #MishtoPledge.

Let’s make digital access fair for all.

tinyurl.com/rywjx37s

#Mishto #RomaRights #Inclusion

The Government must keep public notices in our trusted North East newspapers The Chronicle joins forces with local newspapers across the country to challenge a direct attack on the public’s right to know

From @chroniclelive.co.uk - an interesting aspect of the problems of assuming everyone's online: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/news-op... #DigitalExclusion

For years we were told that traditional communications would remain for those who need them. All the while, the ability to function in and transact with companies, governments and society has become more exclusively digital. Now what, just leave the offline people behind? #digitalexclusion

Exactly this #DigitalExclusion #Data

Breaking: European can identify themselves digitally in Luxembourg! ✅

Also breaking: They still can't do shit with it 🤷‍♂️

Asked the government when they'll fix this mess
#eIDAS #MyGuichet #DigitalExclusion

Millions of people on the UK don’t have broadband, let alone smartphones. #digitalexclusion

Algorithmic Suppression

I think social media websites especially Reddit strongly practicing Algorithmic Suppression against #GenX

am I feeling it right?

#AlgorithmicSuppression
#DigitalCensorship
#CommunityGuidelines
#DigitalDivide
#DigitalExclusion
#DigitalDiscrimination

“Indeed, digital skills maintenance should be seen as a key aspect of lifelong learning given the fact that digital technology and the skills required to use this change over time.”

#LifelongLearning #OlderPeople #DigitalSkills #DigitalExclusion

Great to hear our Chair of Trustees, Brian Scott, speaking live with @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social about our partnership to tackle #DigitalExclusion! @povertytruthscot.bsky.social
@jrf-uk.bsky.social

I like X.com [formerly Twitter.com] as I experience less rejection here as compared to other social networking websites.

#DigitalCensorship
#CommunityGuidelines
#AlgorithmicSuppression
#DigitalDivide
#DigitalExclusion
#DigitalDiscrimination

Reddit account suspended

My #Reddit account suspended?

What is the solution?

#DigitalCensorship
#CommunityGuidelines
#AlgorithmicSuppression
#DigitalDivide
#DigitalExclusion
#DigitalDiscrimination

On the vehicle tax reminder letter: Tax online at:... Tax by phone on:.... Other ways to apply: If you are unable to transact online or by phone, go online at.....

DVLA Catch 22.
Basically says, 'If you are unable to transact online or by phone, go online at.....'
#DigitalExclusion