Technology IS Political

The focus is not only on the possibility that "artifacts have politics" (Winner), but on the reality that technology is a real political force.
Since "freedom of information is a dynamic concept in government information policy and practice" (Hernon, 165), the pervasive effect of ICTs are clear, because information availability, access, and use is more and more dependent on ICTs and their ability to function reliably yet securely.
Indeed, "public inforamtion dissemination" (Hernon, 191) is governed by policies that mandate ownership "by the people, held in trust by the government, ...and available to the people except where restricted by law" (Hernon, ibid.).
It is the creation and dismantling of restrictions that should concern the people, for ultimately, government-based rules and restrictions regarding information resources and ICTs will determine when and how and whether the digital divide is bridged more than any social or economic factors concerning who "has" or does not "have" information and/or the ICTs that distinguish the "haves" and "have-nots".

Hernon, P., Relyea, H.C., Dugan, R. E., & Cheverie, J.F. (2002). United States Government information: Policies and sources. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Winner, L. (1986). Do Artifacts have Politics? The whale and the reactor: a search for limits in an age of high technology (pp. 19-39). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.