Pandemic results in millions of new web users in South-East Asia

Eight out of ten people across the region said technology helped them get through the virus, the report claimed. — AFP

Coronavirus-related curbs have led to a spike in first-time Internet users across six South-East Asian countries, according to a Google report published Tuesday.

Forty million people went online for the first time in 2020, according to the report, which covered Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.