• The Series of Tubes: Spying for Everyone!

    Josh Levy
    April 26, 2013
    Most weeks there’s more Internet-related news than people can handle. Given the constant flux, we at Free Press are taking a stab at listing, every Friday, the top five things you need to know about developments impacting Internet freedom.

  • Financial Advisers for Net Neutrality

    Josh Levy
    April 22, 2013
    This week ISS Proxy Advisory Services — a leading advisor to institutional investors — recommended that its clients vote for a shareholder proposal urging Verizon to issue a report on the risks of opposing Net Neutrality. This is great news.

  • CISPA Passes in the House

    Josh Levy
    April 18, 2013
    The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) — the bill that would obliterate our privacy laws and chill free expression online — just passed in the House.

  • CISPA Vote This Afternoon

    Josh Levy
    April 17, 2013
    Congress could vote on CISPA as early as this afternoon. That means we have only a few hours to call our representatives and demand a “NO” vote on this privacy-killing bill.

  • A Privacy-Killing Surveillance Machine

    Josh Levy
    April 15, 2013
    Imagine if Facebook, Google and Twitter built a privacy-killing surveillance machine to help the federal government spy on us. If Congress passes the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) this week (the same CISPA that withered in Congress last year), we’ll be one step closer to that nightmare.

  • Unlocking Mobile Freedom: Four Reasons to Free Our Phones Now

    Josh Levy
    March 22, 2013
    Your computer has died and you’re ready to upgrade. So you stroll into your friendly neighborhood Best Buy and get a great deal on a top of the line laptop. Let’s call it the DellovoMagicbook Pro. There’s one hitch: You have to sign a two-year contract with your local Internet provider to get online.

  • Bury CISPA for Good

    Josh Levy
    March 19, 2013

    This week Internet advocacy groups — including the Free Press Action Fund — are uniting to protest CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.

  • Our Chance to Free Our Phones for Real

    Josh Levy
    March 14, 2013

    We finally have a real chance to free our phones. Last month, more than 100,000 people told the White House that cellphone unlocking — configuring your phone so it’ll work on other networks — should be legal again.

  • I'm the Guy Who Sends the Emails

    Josh Levy
    March 7, 2013

    I’m the Internet campaign director at Free Press — the guy who sends you emails about things like CISPA, Net Neutrality and mobile phone unlocking. I’m also the guy who put together the Internet-themed sessions for the National Conference for Media Reform. 

    Well, we just unveiled our program, and it’s fantastic.

  • The Devil Goes Down to Georgia

    Josh Levy
    March 7, 2013
    UPDATE, March 8: We won! On Thursday, the Georgia House of Representatives voted 94-70 to defeat the Municipal Broadband Investment Act, which would have blocked communities from building their own broadband networks.

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