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Senator Ted Cruz is trying to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolchildren


Cruz: Hotspot lending could “censor kids’ exposure to conservative viewpoints.”…

"This partisan order, strongly opposed by then-Commissioner Brendan Carr and Commissioner Nathan Simington, represents an overreach of the FCC's mandate and poses serious risk to children's online safety and parental rights." "We can go back to those days when people sat in parking lots to get a signal to get online and students struggling with the homework gap hung around fast food places just to get the Internet access they needed to do their schoolwork. "In establishing a budgeted approach to the lending program mechanism, we expect that the limited number of available Wi-Fi hotspots will more naturally be targeted to students, school staff, or library patrons with the most need," the FCC order said.

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