Technology Policy and COVID-19
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April 16, 2020
Updated through January 1, 2022.
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the coronavirus continues to spread, take lives, and perpetuate global socioeconomic stress, making access to open, secure, and privacy-protecting digital technology—a lifeline for millions during this period—more important than ever before. The pandemic and its effects on digital equity have been major themes in our work since March 2020, and we expect to continue confronting these issues in much of what we do for years to come. For this reason, this page has been archived, and will no longer be regularly updated.
Subscribe to New America's Coronavirus Daily Brief to get the latest COVID-19 news delivered to your inbox every morning. View a collection of our New America colleagues' work in response to COVID-19 here.
For more about how technology, coupled with the right policies, could help mitigate the harmful effects of COVID-19, read this letter from former OTI Director Sarah Morris.