One year ago, I witnessed something that may never be seen again inside the windowless hearing room at the Federal Communications Commission: multiple standing ovations.
Few companies inspire the degree of loathing Comcast elicits. But if Charter’s bid to take over Time Warner Cable is approved we’ll have not one but two Comcasts to contend with — because that’s just how enormous and dominant a post-merger Charter would be.
The Obama administration’s ongoing crusade against government whistleblowers — which culminated last year in the imprisonment of former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling — has reignited a debate over the role journalists should play in defending their profession and the sources and networks on which it depends.
Free Press and our allies stopped by the FCC on Thursday morning to deliver more than 300,000 comments calling on the agency to block the Charter-Time Warner Cable merger.
If you find yourself in a hole, they say, stop digging. But in the latest cable-giant merger bid, Charter Communications is preparing to dig itself even deeper into debt.
The same cable and phone companies that fought so hard to kill Net Neutrality are now experimenting with new ways to rip off and double-charge customers.
Your ISP has a record of nearly every site you visit on a whim, the TV shows you binge-watch, and the online sources you consult to make important life decisions.
Congress is back at it: Up for consideration in the Senate is a dangerous, sweeping package of deregulatory bills that threaten some of our most crucial government protections — including Net Neutrality.
