sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 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-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1202arrow-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 · 11 days agomessage-square23linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 days agoReal reason: It’s much harder to track those using library accounts.
minus-squareID10T@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 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.