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  • Largest Online Advocacy Groups to FCC: Get Out of D.C.

    September 9, 2014

    WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, 27 of the nation’s largest online advocacy groups submitted a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler urging the agency to participate in at least four town hall-style public hearings outside the Beltway before ruling on Chairman Wheeler’s Internet proposal.

  • Momentum Builds for ‘Internet Slowdown’ on Sept. 10

    September 8, 2014
    WASHINGTON — Momentum for a day of action to protect the open Internet is growing as prominent tech companies and organizations have announced that they will join the Sept. 10 Web protest.

  • Chairman's New Definition for Broadband Helps Bring the FCC into the 21st Century

    September 4, 2014

    WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler delivered a speech about the future of broadband at the 1776 startup campus. In his remarks, the chairman said that broadband users need Internet connections of at least 25 megabits per second — far beyond what slow DSL connections are capable of providing.  He also confirmed that users have few if any competitive options for these kinds of modern broadband services.

  • Advocates Announce Symbolic ‘Internet Slowdown’ to Show What Web Would Be Like Without Net Neutrality

    September 3, 2014
    WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, a diverse range of public interest groups representing more than 10 million people announced a day of mass online mobilization on Sept. 10 in support of Net Neutrality.

  • Free Press Files Petition to Deny Comcast Takeover of Time Warner Cable

    August 25, 2014
    WASHINGTON -- Free Press today filed a “petition to deny” the proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable. The petition, submitted to the Federal Communications Commission, presents a definitive account of how the merger fails both the public interest and the antitrust tests required for regulatory approval.

  • Former FCC Commissioner Requests Urgent Meeting with President on Net Neutrality

    August 13, 2014
    WASHINGTON — In a letter sent Wednesday to the White House seeking a meeting with the president, former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps and Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron warn that rules pending before the Federal Communications Commission “undermine Net Neutrality and imperil the future of the open Internet.”

  • Dozens of Groups, Companies Praise President's Net Neutrality Statement, Urge FCC Action

    August 8, 2014
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, dozens of advocacy organizations and companies released a letter to President Obama in response to his recent vocal support for fair and meaningful Net Neutrality rules.

  • FCC Approves Sinclair-Allbritton Deal Minus Shell Games

    July 24, 2014
    Washington — On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission approved Sinclair Broadcast Group's $985 million acquisition of several Allbritton TV stations, along with NewsChannel 8 in Washington. The final deal is far different from the one Sinclair initially proposed in July 2013. And today’s FCC approval came only after Sinclair was forced to alter the deal in response to opposition by Free Press.

  • Free Press Builds Definitive Case for Net Neutrality

    July 18, 2014
    WASHINGTON -- In its filing in the Federal Communications Commission's open Internet proceeding, Free Press provides the definitive argument for protecting Net Neutrality by reclassifying broadband providers as common carriers.

  • FCC Site Crash Prompts Net Neutrality Supporters to Deliver Comments by Hand

    July 15, 2014
    WASHINGTON — Early Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission's electronic filing system crashed. In response, Net Neutrality advocates will head to the FCC in person this afternoon to hand-deliver hundreds of thousands of public comments.

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