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Free Press Activists Take Texas Net Neutrality Hearing by Storm
October 21, 2014
I gathered bright and early Tuesday morning with a crowd of fellow Net Neutrality supporters at Texas A&M University. We were there to rally right before a forum FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai — an opponent of Net Neutrality — was holding on “Internet regulation.”
Don't Miss Your Chance to Speak Out Against the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger
October 14, 2014
The FCC recently extended the deadline to submit comments on the deal. But we need to act fast.
Texas Forever: Stand Up for Net Neutrality in the Lone Star State
Amy Kroin
October 10, 2014
Clear eyes. Full heart. CAN’T LOSE. That’s the attitude we’re taking in Texas, where we’re rallying for Net Neutrality on Oct. 21.
President Obama ‘Expects’ Real Net Neutrality Protections --- But Will Chairman Wheeler Deliver?
Craig Aaron
October 10, 2014
On Thursday, President Obama made a clear and unmistakable call for real Net Neutrality. Now it’s time for FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to step up.
Wheeler Has a Lot to Say --- But Not in Public
October 9, 2014
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler recently visited Philadelphia to participate in two closed meetings with community leaders on diversity in media ownership and Internet access in schools and libraries. He's been reluctant to participate in events that are open to the public.
Why Phone and Cable Companies Want to Kill the Internet’s First Amendment
Timothy Karr
October 3, 2014
Net Neutrality — the principle that protects Internet users’ free speech rights — is censorship. Did you get that? You did if you happened to be reading the Wall Street Journal’s editorial pages.
FCC: Don't Be Evil. Stop Comcast
Amy Kroin
October 2, 2014
New York Times media critic David Carr went after Comcast in a recent column, skewering the company’s “ballistic” response to critics of its bid to take over Time Warner Cable.
What Captain Underpants Can Tell Us About Net Neutrality
Deji Olukotun
October 1, 2014
On Sept. 10, the PEN American Center joined the Battle for the Net coalition to protest measures taken by the federal government that would end the open Internet as we know it. Two issues would severely affect writers.
Love Net Neutrality? Hate Comcast? Fund the Fight
Yesenia Perez-Algarin
October 1, 2014
As a Comcast subscriber, I can attest to the power cable companies have over our rights to connect and communicate.
Without Net Neutrality, Women and Girls Will Lose Out Online
September 29, 2014
What does feminism have to do with Net Neutrality? A lot. Women have used the open Internet to talk back to the mainstream media and create their own spaces online.

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