Summary: Most of the older generation, those of us over 60, missed out on formal education in digital technology. The world of the Internet and iPhones, which are something younger generations navigate without a second thought – for their news, entertainment shopping and banking – is, for many older people, creating a digital divide in our society – a new form of age discrimination. With many older people lacking the confidence to go online, the need has now arisen to provide them with accessible and appropriate information and education about computers, email and the rest of the digital world. In this installment of Pod Rights , Age Discrimination Commissioner, Susan Ryan, joins Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, to discuss this issue.
