[News] Public Advocate Sohn Urges Audience to Mobilize, and to Sue

The following article appeared in Broadband Breakfast:

May 21, 2025 – Gigi Sohn issued a call to arms Wednesday, urging digital equity advocates to mobilize their states’ attorneys general and sue the Trump administration over its abrupt cancellation of grants under the Digital Equity Act.

Speaking at Net Inclusion 2025, the Benton Institute’s senior fellow and executive director of the American Association for Public Broadband urged attendees to organize, educate policymakers, and pressure state attorneys general to sue for the return of nearly $3 billion in federal grant funding.

“Nearly $3 billion in funding and years of work came to a halt,” Sohn said, referring to the abrupt cancellation of the Digital Equity Act grants. On May 8, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce the cancellation of the DEA, calling it “unconstitutional” and “racist.” 

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