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The Digital Divide Narrows

See?  Nigerian kids are just like American kids!

Nigerian schoolchildren who received laptops from a U.S. aid organization have used them to explore pornographic sites on the Internet, the official News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported Thursday.

NAN said its reporter had seen pornographic images stored on several of the children’s laptops.

“Efforts to promote learning with laptops in a primary school in Abuja have gone awry as the pupils freely browse adult sites with explicit sexual materials,” NAN said.

Posted by Owen at 1843 hrs
Culture + Foreign Affairs + Technology

1. There are many people who went on to better things after developing web skills in that manner. As one cow-orker pointed out “my sons are going to find that stuff, I’d rather they do it online instead of shoplifting magazines like I did.”

   Posted by triticale on July 22, 2007 at 1844 hrs
   
   
   

2. >A representative of the One Laptop Per Child aid group was quoted as saying that the computers, part of a pilot scheme, would now be fitted with filters.

   This is what bothers me.  They’re basically saying “We’ll help you to learn, and get you cheap technology, but you have to follow our morals. “

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 23, 2007 at 1655 hrs
   
   
   

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