sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days 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-up1320arrow-down12
arrow-up1318arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 days agoReal reason: It’s much harder to track those using library accounts.
minus-squareID10T@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-23 days 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.