Order from President Trump pauses Indiana broadband grant program

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Order from President Trump pauses Indiana broadband grant program

The president took to Truth Social last week, calling the Digital Equity Act "racist and illegal."

Indiana suspends grant program that helps improve internet access, digital literacy

Federal government suspends Indiana Digital Opportunity Grant program INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A grant program that helps organizations improve internet access and promote digital literacy across Indiana has been suspended. In a notice sent Monday, the Indiana Broadband Office says it was instructed by its “federal partners to suspend the Digital Opportunity Grant program.” Indiana’s digital equity program was established in 2022 through the Digita…

The Biden government's Digital Equity Act was designed to secure the Internet supply of disadvantaged groups such as the elderly and the poor, which Trump calls "woke handouts based on ethnicity."