Youth have a love-hate relationship with tech in the digital age

Aug 6, 2019

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Interventions to distribute more technology can compound rather than remove existing inequalities. Image: REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Kate C Tilleczek

Professor and Canada Research Chair, York University, Canada

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