TREE NEWS reports: The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs released its 2026 World Social Report on the 15th, warning that the digital divide could widen further without targeted action. About 2.2 billion people lacked internet access in 2025, and even those connected face high costs and poor service quality that limit their participation in the digital society. The report calls for stronger international cooperation, expanded fiscal space and more inclusive global governance.
UN: 2.2 Billion People Still Offline, Digital Divide May Widen
AI take
The report reframes the digital divide from a coverage problem to an affordability and quality problem, which matters for any tokenized or RWA market that assumes a globally reachable user base. The roughly 2.2 billion offline represent a structural ceiling on adoption, not a temporary gap, and the UN's call for fiscal space and inclusive governance signals that connectivity is being treated as infrastructure policy rather than a private-sector rollout. Whether targeted action materializes, or the divide widens alongside accelerating digital finance, is the open question.
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