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AGE campaigners warned today that increased use of digital technology puts older people at risk of social exclusion and could breach equality laws.
The Welsh government-appointed older people’s commissioner for Wales Helena Herklots has issued a report into the rising numbers of older people at risk of social exclusion as the use of digital technology increases.
Ms Herklots said: “It’s clear that many older people are facing significant digital barriers, which are affecting more and more aspects of people’s everyday lives and creating stress and anxiety.
Digital ID means the government could track anyone and then limit their speech, movements, finances — and it could get this all wrong, identifying the wrong people for the wrong reasons, as the numerous digital cockups so far demonstrate, warns DYLAN MURPHY
