Millions could lose internet access next year — we can’t let that happen

July 17, 2023

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Since the end of the Cold War, anyone with a cell phone, internet access and a social media app can reach millions of people instantly with information.

Millions could lose internet access next year — we can’t let that happen

BY BRENDA VICTORIA CASTILLO, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 07/17/23 1:30 PM ET

From TheHill.com "In the digital age, where almost everything, and everyone, is always connected, limitless amounts of information is right at our fingertips. Yet while this era of information should be bringing communities across the country together, access to a basic utility — the internet — is ensuring that the privilege of information is only reserved for a select group of Americans.

In the 21st century, it’s a crime that Hispanic families and other marginalized populations still have to fight for internet access. Access to information isn’t a privilege, it’s a basic necessity to survive in our digital world — and it’s time that we start thinking of internet access as a human right."

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