[AFP] The yawning divide between the haves and the have-nots of the digital revolution is a “threat to national unity” and even world security, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday.Yudhoyono told an audience including Microsoft chairman Bill Gates that information technology posed “formidable” challenges as well as great opportunities for developing countries like Indonesia.”There is a real danger that the world’s poor will be virtually excluded from the emerging knowledge-based global economy, with dire consequences to global peace and security,” he said.
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Digital divide a threat to Indonesia’s unity: president
The yawning divide between the haves and the have-nots of the digital revolution is a “threat to national unity” and even world security, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday.