The Internet and the World Wide Web application have transformed daily life and work for more than half of the world’s population. And the actions of those who are online increasingly affect everyone, including the 3.7 billion who are not yet connected.
In the past two decades, we have seen enormous, positive consequences of global digital uptake: unprecedented information production, access and sharing; global e-commerce growth; digital social interaction at dramatic scale; and myriad applications and conveniences enabled by smartphones.
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