Last week, while pundits were debating whether crashing web servers at the Federal Communications Commission were hit by hackers or simply by a flood of public comments, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn was on her way to a forum in Los Angeles. There she heard from advocate Sylvia Hernandez and others who are often left out of the Beltway's tech-policy narratives.
Internet service providers have not slowed investment into infrastructure and networks since the passage of Net Neutrality rules despite industry's claims to the contrary, a Free Press study found.
WASHINGTON — On Monday, Free Press released a comprehensive report examining internet-industry developments in the two years since the Federal Communications Commission’s February 2015 Open Internet Order.
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Free Press released a comprehensive study examining and exposing links between the digital divide and systemic discrimination in America.
This Free Press report finds that communities of color are on the wrong side of the digital divide in ways that income differences alone do not explain.