sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoFCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet | FCC Chairman Brendan Carr cites screen time concerns, is accused of trying to be “the nation’s parent.”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down12
arrow-up1320arrow-down1external-linkFCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet | FCC Chairman Brendan Carr cites screen time concerns, is accused of trying to be “the nation’s parent.”arstechnica.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoReal reason: It’s much harder to track those using library accounts.
minus-squareID10T@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 month agoTbh it’s probably more straightforward than that. Kill a $2B government program to so private interests can collect $4B on the same (or worse) previously subsidized services.
Real reason: It’s much harder to track those using library accounts.
Tbh it’s probably more straightforward than that. Kill a $2B government program to so private interests can collect $4B on the same (or worse) previously subsidized services.