Removing funds from the OTF in combination with the EARN-IT act, and lately the LEAD act, will probably leave the US and the partly the world in shambles when it comes to security and privacy online. It seems like the current adminstration really wants to destroy our freedom and hand it to the oligarchs, the autocrats and the malicious tech monopolies worldwide.
See also last week's Economist article "Decapitating America’s state-funded media" [1] :<p>"To those who rely on the American news agencies, it all seemed dismally familiar. In Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary or Russia, the sequence is routine. An independent news outlet is taken over by allies of an oligarch or political party. The editors resign or are fired. Next comes an abrupt shift to a government-friendly editorial line. Can the same happen in America?"<p>[1] <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/06/27/decapitating-americas-state-funded-media" rel="nofollow">https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/06/27/decapitat...</a>