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I don't know what definition of "use the internet" Pew Research used, but I suggest that a useful thing to ask would be whether people can easily access a typic
by bloak 6y ago
I don't know what definition of "use the internet" Pew Research used, but I suggest that a useful thing to ask would be whether people can easily access a typical web site, or at least one that has been designed to be accessible. That's probably what the authorities are most interested in: it tells them roughly how many people can pay their taxes, fill in the census or book a vaccine appointment online, and it tells them how many people can buy things online.
If you define "use the internet" in that way then there are indeed millions of people who use Facebook but do not "use the internet".
- simias 6y agoDo you think it's really that common? I'd expect most Facebookers to at least be able to find third party websites through Google search.
- bloak 6y agoI've heard it's common in India for people to get a mobile phone contract that gives them the Facebook app and Wikipedia but not universal web access. I would guess that there are a lot of people in the UK who use Facebook from a smartphone but for various reasons (old phone, poor eyesight, dementia, ...) can't in practice access a web site. OK, I admit the article is about "Americans", but some of the comments refer to other countries! Anyway, it would be good to know more precisely what Internet services people can and do use, rather than just "use the internet" with no definition given. For example, how many people use e-mail? How many people have an Android or iOS phone? (How many of those are able to install an app? Some can't because the phone belongs to an employer ...)