Federal digital equity act

The Digital Equity Act is a federal act that seeks to expand access to broadband. President Trump says it is “racist and illegal $2.5 billion giveaway.” In response, Alisa Valentin, broadband policy director at open internet advocacy group Public Knowledge, said in a statement, “The irony is that the weaponization of the word ‘equity’ will halt progress in closing the digital divide and will also severely impact his voter base of white Americans who live in rural areas in red states, including veterans and the elderly.” 

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