The debate on homosexuality in the US army is raging on the web

Today on the net: online reports on the wave of protests across Brazil; Hillary Clinton’s Twitter debut fuels speculation about her political future; and Google launches Internet beaming balloons aimed at bridging the digital divide.

Not everyone has a computer with Internet access or indeed knows how to use one. According to France’s Strategic Analysis center, one third of French people have neither a computer nor an Internet connection, putting them at something of a disadvantage as nowadays the majority of administrative processes and steps have become automated and digitized. And of course those worst hit by the digital divide are the poorer segments of society.