sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-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 months agomessage-square25linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoReal reason: It’s much harder to track those using library accounts.
minus-squareID10T@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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.