The Federal Communications Commission today took a critical first step toward tightening its rules and putting more of the public airwaves into the hands of local owners.
Free Press members around the country are standing up for the open Internet and calling on the Federal Communications Commission to restore Net Neutrality.
Free speech depends on unfettered access to open and nondiscriminatory platforms. But the federal court ruling that struck down the Net Neutrality rules has made it permissible for Internet service providers like AT&T and Verizon to interfere with our speech online.
On Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler and Commissioner Ajit Pai went head to head over joint sales agreements, which companies like the Sinclair Broadcast Group have used to skirt FCC rules and snap up TV stations nationwide.
A recent Wall Street Journal Op-Ed claims that a proposed FCC rule is designed to target and derail the ownership plans of African-American Armstrong Williams. This is, in a word, false.
Matt Wood was back on Capitol Hill today — this time, in the House of Representatives, where he testified about the sneaky tactics broadcasters use to dodge federal ownership rules and gobble up more stations.
