{"id":73841,"date":"2023-06-20T18:45:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T18:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=73841"},"modified":"2023-06-20T18:45:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T18:45:28","slug":"kerala-is-rolling-out-free-broadband-for-its-poorest-citizens-whats-stopping-your-government-oommen-c-kurian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=73841","title":{"rendered":"Kerala is rolling out free broadband for its poorest citizens. What\u2019s stopping your government? | Oommen C Kurian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic showed us how digital divides worsen inequality &#8211; this  project shows they\u2019re not inevitableDigital poverty and exclusion hide in plain sight. In an era of hyper-connectivity, millions are left in the shadows, even in the wealthiest countries. Data from the US shows that a quarter of America\u2019s rural population&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/jun\/19\/kerala-free-broadband-india\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic showed us how digital divides worsen inequality &#8211; this project shows they\u2019re not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/73841-kerala-is-rolling-out-free-broadband-for-its-poorest-citizens-whats-stopping-your-government-oommen-c-kurian.jpg",140,84,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/73841-kerala-is-rolling-out-free-broadband-for-its-poorest-citizens-whats-stopping-your-government-oommen-c-kurian.jpg",140,84,false],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/73841-kerala-is-rolling-out-free-broadband-for-its-poorest-citizens-whats-stopping-your-government-oommen-c-kurian.jpg",140,84,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/73841-kerala-is-rolling-out-free-broadband-for-its-poorest-citizens-whats-stopping-your-government-oommen-c-kurian.jpg",140,84,false],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/73841-kerala-is-rolling-out-free-broadband-for-its-poorest-citizens-whats-stopping-your-government-oommen-c-kurian.jpg",140,84,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/73841-kerala-is-rolling-out-free-broadband-for-its-poorest-citizens-whats-stopping-your-government-oommen-c-kurian.jpg",140,84,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/73841-kerala-is-rolling-out-free-broadband-for-its-poorest-citizens-whats-stopping-your-government-oommen-c-kurian.jpg",140,84,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/73841-kerala-is-rolling-out-free-broadband-for-its-poorest-citizens-whats-stopping-your-government-oommen-c-kurian.jpg",140,84,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/73841-kerala-is-rolling-out-free-broadband-for-its-poorest-citizens-whats-stopping-your-government-oommen-c-kurian.jpg",140,84,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/73841-kerala-is-rolling-out-free-broadband-for-its-poorest-citizens-whats-stopping-your-government-oommen-c-kurian.jpg",140,84,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=41\" rel=\"category\">Americas<\/a>","tag_info":"Americas","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}