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Digital divide is true

Which of these statements about the digital divide is true?

Governments can never restrict Internet access for their citizens, thanks to the redundancy in Internet routing.
Only government actions can help bridge the digital divide.
If everyone in the world had a computer and access to the Internet, there would be no more digital divide.
The digital divide is affected by geography; some areas are harder to connect to the Internet than others.

Gender gap

Which of the following statements is true?

Gender issues do not impact the digital divide.
Gender inequality in the physical world is replicated in the digital world.
Men and women have equal access to digital technology
Women have greater access to digital technology than men.

Inequality metrics

Which of the following least illustrates inequity caused by the digital divide?

A citizen of a country with limited freedoms is unable to share their story of living in that country, as their country has no publicly available connections to the Internet.
A senior citizen becomes lonely and depressed because their family members use digital technology to communicate and they're not sure how to use it correctly.
A new company enters a competition to win funding but they do not win and have to shut down due to lack of funds.
A citizen of a bilingual country is unable to use a government website because the user interface is not translated into the language that they speak.

Not Digital Divide

In 2015, researchers Eszter Hargittai and Aaron Shaw surveyed college students to understand the differences between the students that had contributed to Wikipedia and those that hadn't. The surveys asked for their demographic information, their self-rating of Internet skills levels, and their experiences with contributing to Wikipedia.

The researchers then analyzed the survey results and used statistical analysis to discover the relationships between demographics, Internet skills, and Wikipedia contributions.

Which of the following research findings are not indicative of a digital divide? Note that there are 2 answers to this question.

Asian American and African American respondents were equally likely to have made contributions to Wikipedia.
Male survey respondents were more likely to report high levels of Internet skills than female survey respondents.
Female survey respondents were less likely than males to have ever contributed to Wikipedia.
Socioeconomic status was not a significant predictor of whether a respondent had contributed to Wikipedia.