[Source: AGE Platform Europe Website]
“Keep Me Posted Campaign of EU highlights the right to choose in the COVID-19 era”
COVID-19 crisis reaffirmed the significance of the access of information to avoid social and financial exclusion. However, not everyone has access to the internet or digital devices. In Europe, 10% of people have never used the internet and do not have an internet connection – rising to as high as 25% in some countries. And an average of 30% either have no, or have lower than basic, digital skills(Eurostat, 2019). This is around 133 million people for whom it would be very challenging, or impossible, to receive information digitally. Highly represented in these figures are older, disabled or chronically ill people and their carers, as well as those living in poverty or facing financial insecurity.
Keep Me Posted EU is a campaign that steadfastly supports the right of every citizen to choose how they want to receive important information, promoting social fairness and inclusion. Digital communications are important, but paper communications must remain part of companies' and governments' standard offer to safeguard this right.
The campaign supports Europe's digital transition by ensuring that nobody is left behind.
*For more information about the Campaign, please refer to the below websites.
https://keepmepostedeu.org/keep-me-posted-eu-protecting-your-right-to-choose/