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More than third of world has never used internet: UN
The agency said the estimated number of people who have gone online rose from 4.1 billion in 2019 to 4.9 billion this year, partially due to a "Covid connectivity boost".
Internet access is often unaffordable in poorer nations -- almost three-quarters of people have never been online in the 46 least-developed countries.
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
Some 2.9 billion people -- 37 percent of the world's population -- have still never used the internet, the United Nations said Tuesday, despite the Covid-19 pandemic driving people online.
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