Facebook doles out money to help more people access Internet

San Francisco: In a bid to address the digital divide in COVID-19 times, Facebook has partnered the Information Technology Disaster Resource Center (ITDRC) and NetHope, a global consortium of nearly 60 global nonprofit organisations, to provide internet connectivity to communities most impacted by the pandemic.

The social networking giant will provide a $2 million grant to support ITDRC’s ‘projectConnect’ initiative which will help rural and underserved communities in the US gain access to the Internet.

Facebook said it is also providing a $260,000 grant to support NetHope’s COVID-19 response.