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Gigi Sohn is a Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and a Benton Senior Fellow & Public Advocate. She is the host of the "Tech on the Rocks Podcast." Gigi sits on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Gigi is one of the nation’s leading public advocates for open, affordable and democratic communications networks. For thirty years, Gigi has worked across the country to defend and preserve the fundamental competition and innovation policies that have made broadband Internet access more ubiquitous, competitive, affordable, open and protective of user privacy. Most recently,…

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Reveal News: Home School

The coronavirus pandemic has forced students to do most of their learning online, but what about the tens of millions of families who don’t have access to reliable high-speed internet? Reporter Will Carless investigates why an estimated $100 billion in federal spending has failed to close the digital divide.  In…
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Sohn welcomes House COVID-19 stimulus bill that includes funding for affordable broadband Internet access and the “education gap”

Today, the Leadership of the House of Representatives unveiled the HEROES Act, a new  COVID-19 stimulus bill that includes, among other things, an “Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund” that would provide up to $50 a month subsidy for broadband Internet access service or up to $75 in the case of Tribal…
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