Sumitra Mahajan: Digital divide can threaten global peace

Updated On: 16 October, 2018 07:26 PM IST | Geneva | IANS

Referring to the Speaker's Research Initiative set up in the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha Speaker said that it is using technology to become e-Parliament and reduce carbon foot prints

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Sumitra Mahajan

Although technology offers easy access to information and connectivity, digital divide could pose a threat to global peace, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said on Tuesday.

"Technology and innovation offer us easy access to information, improved lifestyle, connectivity, communication, social networking and entertainment but at the same time it may also lead to job losses, increased loneliness, addiction and psychological disorders. Further, digital divide can pose a threat to global peace," Mahajan said in her address to the General Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva.