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The FCC fined wireless carriers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for illegally sharing their customers' location data without their consent.
Our statement: freepress.net/news/press-rel…
How will the TikTok ban likely play out in the courts?
"A law targeting one platform like this violates the First Amendment and limits essential spaces for people to connect and communicate." - Jenna Ruddock, Free Press policy counsel, via @mashablemashable.com/article/tiktok…
The @FCC's vote returns the internet to the American people.
"Public support for #netneutrality is overwhelming. People understand why we need a federal watchdog to protect access to the most essential communications platform of our time."
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This Earth Day, over 7,000 people said: #heygooglecleanup!
We're tired of Google claiming to be green, while continuing to keep pollution spewing by lending their powerful cloud tech to Big Oil. This Earth Day, we're taking action.
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"There's little doubt that technology platforms are playing a critical role in elections around the globe... But do we know whether they're planning to improve efforts and more to protect elections in 2024?" - @AttorneyNora
READ "Democracy Deferred": freepress.net/news/press-rel…
The #TikTokBan's swift passage was the first time a federal tech law has been approved in years. Can it be repeated?
"We are up against well-heeled industries that hold a lot of sway and donate a lot of money to campaigns." - @JGo4Justice via @nytimesnytimes.com/2024/04/25/tec…
The Reparative Journalism video series, which follows the lineage and scholarship of Free Press' @Media2070 project and #NewsVoices managing the effort, is a culmination of research on how journalism can engage in the process of media reparations.
WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=EFMctL…
The failure of tech companies to stem the tide of election-related disinformation is alarming.
A new @freepress report analyzes what these platforms are doing during a critical election year: freepress.net/news/press-rel…
Big Oil is causing the climate crisis, but Big Tech companies like Google enable them to keep profiting at our expense.
On the Movement Organizing call, we talked about our plan to fight back. Check out everything our brilliant participants had to say! noclimateresultsfound.com
"The FCC's initiative goes well beyond the issue of net neutrality — it establishes a single federal standard for broadband and reclaims its authority over the technology." - Free Press co-CEO Craig Aaron via @latimes#NetNeutralitylatimes.com/business/story…
Tech platforms must stop giving anti-democratic extremists the tools to manipulate and misinform millions of voters.
A new @freepress report captures how these companies are falling short: freepress.net/news/press-rel…
Because we @freepress weren't busy enough with the #NetNeutrality win this morning, we decided to release a detailed analysis this afternoon on tech platforms' readiness to protect democracy in 2024. Check out our new report, Democracy Deferred: freepress.net/news/press-rel…
Important new study from @freepress. Spoiler: internet platforms prioritize their own growth over democracy; they will nothing helpful until we force them to do so.
Important new study from @freepress. Spoiler: internet platforms prioritize their own growth over democracy; they will nothing helpful until we force them to do so.
Just released “Democracy Deferred” w/ @freepress@JGo4Justice analyzing promises of 12 big tech platforms to safeguard platform integrity this yr. 200+ groups asked for basic interventions. 8 platforms responded, none directly to our requests. Our analysis:freepress.net/news/press-rel…
“The reinstatement of strong open internet protections under Title II of the Communications Act are vital to promoting a virtuous cycle of online innovation, competition, and consumer choice,” @MCalabreseNAF said in @OTI’s statement on today’s @FCC vote: newamerica.org/oti/press-rele…
My kids watched @FCC Chair @JRosenworcel make history this morning over breakfast. Thank you to the Chair for protecting internet users from discrimination and abuse by ISPs. #NetNeutrality
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