Oppression through technology

It is interesting that technology has played a great part in increasing the freedoms in many countries due to the increased availability of information. However, I trust we can also see its potential for oppression due to the fact that the poor generally do not have access to technology, and in poverty-stricken countries that will make them all that much easier to control. Already in this country the elderly – who do no understand computers – are virtually helpless in many areas of life.