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Comcast: Too Much Control
Mary Alice Crim
April 29, 2014
The annual debate in my house over our cable package is on. We’ve run the gamut from wanting to cancel our cable to considering an upgrade to ensure we’ll get all the televised replays of our beloved Sox come September.
A Song for the FCC: Don't Blow Us Up
Timothy Karr
April 29, 2014
If you think explaining tech policy is difficult, try putting it to music and lyrics. That’s exactly the challenge that faced musician and artist Jonathan Mann, who last week composed a song urging FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to ditch his plan for a payola Internet.
Civil Rights and Media Justice Groups Call on the FCC to Scrap Its Online-Discrimination Plan
April 28, 2014
WASHINGTON -- Voices for Internet Freedom is troubled by reports that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler will introduce rules to allow Internet service providers to discriminate online. This proposal would undermine the open Internet and Net Neutrality.
Politicians Slam FCC Plan to Crush Net Neutrality
Amy Kroin
April 28, 2014
Politicians are blasting FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s plan to allow Internet service providers to charge steep fees for faster speeds online.
It's Time to Launch the Biggest Protest the FCC Has Ever Seen
Josh Levy
April 25, 2014
If you’re reading this, you probably agree with me that the Internet is an amazing thing. It's a crucial driver of free speech, innovation, education, economic growth, creativity and so much more. We wake up with it in the morning. We’re on it all day long. And it’s the last place we go before we finally say good night.
Wake Up, Internet. Time to Save Yourself.
Craig Aaron
April 24, 2014
What if you had only three weeks before the Internet you know and love was about to disappear? Would you spend your time binging on listicles or the final season of Breaking Bad? Or would you do something about it?
Tom Wheeler Says His Proposal Will Protect Net Neutrality. Here’s Why It Won’t.
S. Derek Turner
April 24, 2014
FCC Chairman Wheeler claims that critics of his Net Neutrality plan have it all wrong. But his proposal would kill the open Internet.
Strike Two: Obama's Second FCC Chairman Fails on Net Neutrality
Timothy Karr
April 24, 2014
President Obama campaigned as a strong champion of the open Internet, saying he'd "take a back seat to no one" in safeguarding Net Neutrality. Now the president is on his second FCC chairman, and neither has proven himself up to the task.
Comcast Never Knows When to Stop
Amy Kroin
April 17, 2014
Comcast is like the corporate embodiment of Veruca Salt mixed with a dash of Augustus Gloop.
Lawmakers Need to Get Behind the USA Freedom Act
Josh Levy
April 16, 2014
UPDATE: A gutted version of the USA Freedom Act passed in the House on May 22. Because that bill removed many of the privacy protections that were present in earlier forms of the bill, the Free Press Action Fund did not support it.

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