Access Now: U.S. Senate Ignores the Disconnected in COVID-19 Response Bill
March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020
NEW YORK, March 27 -- Access Now issued the following news release:
Late last night, the U.S. Senate passed a $2 trillion COVID-19 response bill that included almost no funding to improve broadband internet access or affordability. Lack of internet access was already a problem for millions of marginalized people in the U.S., and the COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating the dilemma, especially now that unemployment claims are at a record 3.3 million (more than 5x higher than the prior rec . . .
Late last night, the U.S. Senate passed a $2 trillion COVID-19 response bill that included almost no funding to improve broadband internet access or affordability. Lack of internet access was already a problem for millions of marginalized people in the U.S., and the COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating the dilemma, especially now that unemployment claims are at a record 3.3 million (more than 5x higher than the prior rec . . .