News and Research articles on Language

Digitally-disadvantaged languages

Isabelle A. Zaugg, Columbia University
Anushah Hossain, University of California Berkeley
Brendan Molloy, Independent researcher
PUBLISHED ON: 11 Apr 2022 DOI: 10.14763/2022.2.1654

Digitally-disadvantaged languages face multiple inequities in the digital sphere, with their speaker communities frequently experiencing the duality of digital neglect and surveillance. These languages suffer from gaps in digital support, and when support does exist, it often makes speaker communities vulnerable to surveillance and gaps in content moderation.