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The confirmation, critics said, could stall the incoming Biden administration’s agenda, including the move to reinstate Net Neutrality rules.

Nathan Simington is unqualified, the senators and advocacy groups say, and was nominated to create a deadlock at the agency.

“The whole point is to prevent a duly elected new administration and its appointees from getting to work,” said Free Press VP of Policy and General Counsel Matt Wood.

Nathan Simington’s confirmation is a cynical Republican ploy to prevent the Biden administration and its appointees from getting to work.

As co-CEO of Free Press, Jessica J. González has been on the front line of the fight to hold social-media giants accountable for the misinformation and hate speech on their platforms.

Two Senate Democrats and a coalition of digital-rights groups argue that Nathan Simington’s appointment would hamper President-Elect Joe Biden’s policy agenda.

Critics argue the board’s powers are too limited to actually take on the big-picture problems Facebook has with misinformation and hate speech.

Free Press Senior Policy Counsel Gaurav Laroia talks to Counterspin about how the FCC is holding water for Trump until the very end.

In an extensively researched essay, Free Press’ Media 2070 project argues that America’s media institutions were created to establish and maintain white supremacy.

Trump may have soured on Fox since he lost the election, but it seems his FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, has not.