Originally published on www.theguardian.com on October 18, 2018, by Ian Sample  

According to the latest research by Web Foundation, growth in global internet access has dropped from 19% to less than 6% between 2007-2017. This dramatic deceleration will negatively affect the digital revolution and will exclude people without access to the internet from online public debates, education, social groups, digital government services, etc.

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