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  • FCC Proposal for a Payola Internet Would End Net Neutrality

    April 25, 2014

    WASHINGTON — The Wall Street Journal reports that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler will on Thursday propose a new set of rules issued in response to a January federal court decision that tossed out the agency's prior open Internet rules.

  • Justice Dept. Pushes FCC to Take a Closer Look at Sharing Arrangements; Free Press Responds

    February 21, 2014

    On Thursday, the Justice Department sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission noting that broadcast-television station-sharing arrangements harm competition and deserve a far closer degree of scrutiny.

  • Free Press: FCC Action Will Not Protect Free Speech Online

    February 19, 2014
    WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission announced it will seek input on whether the agency has the authority to prevent phone and cable companies from blocking or otherwise discriminating against content online. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's statement is the agency’s response to a Jan. 14 federal appeals court ruling that recognized the importance of Net Neutrality protections but struck down the FCC's flawed legal theory for adopting those rules.

  • Free Press: Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Would Be a Disaster for Consumers

    February 12, 2014
    WASHINGTON — According to press reports late Wednesday night, Comcast is preparing to announce a $44 billion deal to buy Time Warner Cable. The proposed takeover would unite the nation's largest cable TV and Internet service provider with the second-largest cable company. The combined companies would offer service to two-thirds of U.S. homes. The deal would have to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department.

  • Free Press Responds to Wheeler's Speech: FCC Doesn't Need New Communications Act. It Needs to Act.

    February 10, 2014
    WASHINGTON -- On Monday, in a speech at Silicon Flatirons, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler discussed the agency’s role and the possibility of a rewrite of the Communications Act. He touched on a range of issues before the FCC, including Net Neutrality.

  • Members of Congress Stand Up for Net Neutrality Rules

    February 3, 2014
    WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Sens. Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal and Reps. Henry Waxman and Anna Eshoo introduced the Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014, which would reinstate the Federal Communications Commission’s open Internet rules. Last month the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned these rules, which prohibited Internet service providers from blocking or discriminating against Internet traffic.

  • Free Press Calls on FCC to Protect the Public Interest in IP Transition

    January 30, 2014
    WASHINGTON -- On Thursday at its open meeting, the Federal Communications Commission issued an order to proceed with service-based trials under the IP transition.

  • Court Strikes Down FCC Open Internet Order

    January 14, 2014

    WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order. In its decision, the court said that the FCC lacked the authority to implement and enforce its rules under the legal framework the agency put forth.

  • Voices for Internet Freedom Calls on the FCC to Take Immediate Action to Protect the Open Internet

    January 14, 2014
    On Tuesday, a federal court struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order. The ruling means that companies like AT&T and Verizon can censor, block and interfere with Internet traffic and content. The court ruling struck down the Commission’s legal authority to protect an open Internet.

  • Hundreds Gather to Welcome FCC Chairman in Oakland

    January 9, 2014

    OAKLAND, Calif. -- On Thursday, it was standing room only in Nile Hall at Preservation Park as hundreds of Oakland residents gathered to tell Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler about the issues that matter most to them. The event, hosted by the Voices for Internet Freedom Coalition in partnership with the Center for Media Justice, Free Press, ColorOfChange and the National Hispanic Media Coalition, was the chairman’s first community event outside the Beltway.

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