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Katrina Lantos Swett: “I think that it is a very flimsy excuse for not funding technologies that enable vast numbers of people to access the…”

On the recordApril 25, 2018
I think that it is a very flimsy excuse for not funding technologies that enable vast numbers of people to access the internet freely.
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Katrina Lantos Swett

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Criticism of BBG's limited funding for internet access technologies.

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