‘Elderly people ‘disfranchised by social networking’

Elderly people risk being alienated in society as the spread of online social networking threatens to leave them “disfranchised”, the Government’s chief scientist has warned.

Report by The Telegraph Online

The concept of identity in Britain will undergo a major change within the next decade as a generation who grew up with smart phones and online profiles enters adulthood, Sir John Beddington said.

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