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FCC Should Swiftly Restore Broadband Oversight Authority
Megan Tady
July 15, 2010
Free Press filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission today urging the agency to swiftly implement Chairman Genachowski's proposal to re-establish a legal framework that allows the Commission to connect millions of Americans to broadband and protect free speech and innovation online.
What Does Net Neutrality Mean to You? Tell the FCC by Tomorrow
Megan Tady
July 14, 2010
Phil Chavanne is a small-business owner from Clearwater, Fla., and he just told the Federal Communications Commission that his business won't survive without Net Neutrality.
Net Neutrality Gains Support from 150 Non-Profit and Allied Organizations
Megan Tady
June 30, 2010
Non-profit organizations clearly understand the power of the Internet to help create social change, and yesterday 150 public interest and allied organizations signed a letter to the Federal Communications Commission in support of online freedom and Net Neutrality.
A Week of Outrage Over FCC Closed-Door Meetings
Megan Tady
June 29, 2010
Last week, outraged bloggers and the public flogged the Federal Communications Commission after The Wall Street Journal reported that the agency had held "closed-door meetings" with industry executives to broker a deal on Net Neutrality.
Journalist Attacked at G20 Summit
Megan Tady
June 28, 2010
In 2008, Free Press reported that numerous journalists were arrested at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. while attempting to report on the event and related protests.

Now it appears that journalists are encountering violence and intimidation once again, this time from riot police at the G20 Summit in Toronto. Watch this video from The Real News journalist Jesse Freeston, who was punched by a police officer while trying to cover the demonstrations.
Digital Justice for Us! A Youth Journey through New Mexico
Megan Tady
June 28, 2010
This is a guest blog post written by Candelario Vazquez, the Media Literacy Project’s Media Justice Organizer.
Free Press Ad Warns Against Industry Takeover of Open Internet
Megan Tady
June 23, 2010
Free Press and SavetheInternet.com ran a full-page ad in the Washington Post today to further express our outrage that the Federal Communications Commission held closed-door meetings with industry representatives and lobbyists about important Internet policies.
FCC Commissioners Copps and Clyburn Won't Back Away from Internet Goals
Megan Tady
June 17, 2010
Federal Communication Commissioners Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn continue to be heroes for the public in the fight to protect the Internet.
Internet Stars for Internet Freedom
Megan Tady
June 15, 2010
Nobody knew who Greyson Chance was a few weeks ago. But when a video of Chance singing a Lady Gaga song at a school talent show began circulating on the Internet, it became an instant sensation, with more than 25 million people getting to hear a voice that otherwise might never have traveled beyond Chance’s hometown of Edmond, Okla.
Washington Post’s Rx for Broadband: Slow, Expensive and Still Unavailable
Megan Tady
May 24, 2010
If the editorial writers at the Washington Post had their way, the United States would forever be stuck with slow, expensive broadband that leaves entire parts of the country unconnected.

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