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How has information technology changed your life?
Delegates to a United Nations summit on technology have failed to approve plans to deliver internet and other technologies to the world's poorest regions.đ
Many of the tough decisions were deferred for two years, when the World Summit on the Information Society holds its second act in Tunisia.đł
UN chief Kofi Annan had said that "technology can improve the lives of millions of the Earth's poorest people."đ
But negotiators could not agree on key questions such as whether a U.N. agency should be created to govern the internet and whether to create a separate fund for projects to close the technology gap between rich and poor nations.
Delegates to a United Nations summit on technology have failed to approve plans to deliver internet and other technologies to the world's poorest regions.đ
Many of the tough decisions were deferred for two years, when the World Summit on the Information Society holds its second act in Tunisia.đł
UN chief Kofi Annan had said that "technology can improve the lives of millions of the Earth's poorest people."đ
But negotiators could not agree on key questions such as whether a U.N. agency should be created to govern the internet and whether to create a separate fund for projects to close the technology gap between rich and poor nations.
How have computers, the internet and mobile phones changed your life? Should information technology be available to all? Are there downsides as well as upsides to this technology? What has been the impact on business? Who should decide how the internet is run?đđ
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