Enduring issues of digital exclusion, emerging pressures of internet regulation in Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.53798/suprema.2022.v2.n1.a156Keywords:
Internet regulation, digital divide, inequality, universal access, network neutralityAbstract
Digital exclusion in Brazil is deeply entrenched in structural issues related to economic power and inequality. My assumption is that internet regulation failures to address it are not an unintended consequence of the regulatory system but are as much part of the problem as the solution. My core hypothesis is that regulation based on both universal services goals and internet principles of non-discriminatory services, such as network neutrality, has failed to bridge the digital divide because it could not guarantee the ethics of material equality and distributive justice. My proposition is that the digital divide concept shall be understood within a broader framework not restricted to the lack of infrastructure or connection, thus, enhancing social justice and an equally distributed internet. To achieve this objective, the present article is placed within an integrated framework of science and technology studies (STS).
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