; (viii) collecting and openly releasing timely, disaggregated data on all aspects of connectivity, coverage, and digital skills, including data on equality of access for women, minority, and other disadvantaged groups; (ix) improving affordability of Internet access devices such as smartphones and personal computers; (x) encouraging laws and regulations that enhance privacy, freedom of expression, and other rights to ensure their relevance and effectiveness in an online era, with an emphasis on promoting a human rights-respecting approach in all Internet expansion efforts; (xi) emphasizing the importance of ensuring comparable access for persons with disabilities; (xii) promoting an open and free Internet, which is essential for creating an environment of equal opportunity where innovation can occur, and ensuring wholesale broadband infrastructure is available to all on fair and reasonable terms and in a manner which is transparent and nondiscriminatory; (xiii) creating public access facilities in places such as libraries, schools, government buildings, and community centers and community Wi-Fi networks or dedicated facilities for Internet access, which in addition to providing free or low-cost access, can be ideal locations for digital literacy training, online health, banking and education services, job seeking, and access to government data and e-government services; (xiv) creating and supporting research and educational networks, which are vital for connecting researchers and educators worldwide and facilitating collaboration in science, medicine, and other fields, and ensuring a stable, high-speed Internet infrastructure at universities, which is essential for the development of local technology-driven entrepreneurs