• Free Press Joins Other Groups in Opposing Senate Cybersecurity Legislation

    Josh Levy
    May 11, 2012

    This week, Free Press joined a wide-ranging array of groups in signing a letter opposing a cybersecurity bill under consideration in the Senate. 

    The bill — the Cyber Security Act of 2012 (S. 2105) — is co-sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins. Like the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which passed last month in the House, this bill would make it easier for companies like Facebook and Google to share our personal information with federal authorities. 

  • AT&T Whines; Reader Rebuts

    Josh Levy
    May 8, 2012

    Last week, tech site Gizmodo wrote about AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson's comment that he regrets introducing unlimited data plans for iPhone users — because they actually used them.

  • No More Hulu for You

    Josh Levy
    May 1, 2012

    This is how we watch TV in the 21st century: We fire up our laptops, our Roku boxes or our mobile devices. We open Hulu. We search for Parks and Recreation. Done.

    But Hulu’s owners — Disney, News Corp. and Comcast, which respectively own ABC, Fox and NBC — are about to ruin this experience. If they have their way, you’ll need a cable subscription to watch any TV show on the Internet.

  • A Victory for AT&T's Shareholders

    Josh Levy
    April 27, 2012

    There’s a new and important voice in the ongoing fight for Net Neutrality: the voice of the shareholder.

    You read that right.

    On Friday, in an unprecedented move, AT&T shareholders voted on a proposal calling on the telecom behemoth to publicly commit to Net Neutrality on its wireless networks.

  • Ben Franklin Is Rolling in His Grave

    Josh Levy
    April 27, 2012

    Yesterday the House rushed through a vote on CISPA — the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.

    CISPA supporters in the House were so rattled by mounting opposition to their creepy bill — more than 1 million people told them to ditch it — that they passed the legislation before our outcry could spread.

  • Stop the Online Spying Bill

    Josh Levy
    April 12, 2012

    Want to give the federal government and big companies new powers to spy on you?

    You’re in luck: There's a bill for that. 

    It's called CISPA — the "Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act" — and it's a frightening piece of legislation. It could allow for a new online spying regime, letting Big Brother read, watch and listen to everything we do on the Internet.

  • More Groups Join the Chorus Urging Shareholders to Vote for Wireless Net Neutrality

    Josh Levy
    April 9, 2012

    In the last few weeks, more than 50,000 people have shown their support for the shareholders’ campaign to get AT&T, Sprint and Verizon to commit to wireless Net Neutrality.

    Shareholders will vote on the question in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, more individuals and groups are coming out of the woodwork to support this bold move.

  • Hey America! We're #16

    Josh Levy
    April 3, 2012

    Q: Do you live in America?

    If you answered “yes,” you can proceed directly to the “You live in a country ranked 16th in the world in broadband penetration, speed and price” section below.

  • Shareholders Put Pressure on AT&T, Sprint and Verizon

    Josh Levy
    March 29, 2012

    At the end of 2010, the Federal Communications Commission passed a set of “Open Internet” rules. The agency claimed these rules made Net Neutrality — the notion that we should be able to connect to any website or application without carrier interference — the law of the land.

    Not quite.

    The FCC’s rules contain a series of significant loopholes. Most importantly, they fail to protect wireless Internet users from carriers like AT&T and Verizon that seek to block our freedom to connect at will.

  • Beware of Verizilla!

    Josh Levy
    March 27, 2012

    Two new videos document the dangers of an approaching wireless-cable monster known in some circles as “Verizilla.”

    This monster would rise out of a toxic deal between Verizon and a cable cabal of Comcast, Cox and Time Warner Cable. The group wants to divvy up the wireless Internet market and get rid of any meaningful competition among the companies involved.

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