Republican lawmakers are proposing blocking kids from accessing social media in schools that receive federal broadband subsidies.

  • YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    In before they address this and propose tracking each student’s phone to see if they are in a school zone (and of course to see much more).

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      1 year ago

      That would be impossible to do without impacting the ability of neighboring homes to access the internet as well. It’s not like the signals magically stop at the school parking lot.

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      1 year ago

      School would have to provide the phones, not even close to within our budget

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        1 year ago

        Not unless we had a large cohort of people doing everything in their power to undermine our freedom and privacy.

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          No, that’s how public education works.

          You can’t require people have things, you have to provide them. Thats how that works.