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News Burst: 'Racial ravine' divides Net users
A US report from the Department of Commerce says that while more Americans than ever have access to technology, the gap between rich and poor, and black and white, is growing.
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The report said that households with incomes of $75,000 (£46,000) or more are 20 times more likely to have access to the Internet than those at the lowest income levels. The report also said Black and Hispanic households are about two-fifths as likely to have home Internet access as white households.
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