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Harvard Law scholar Susan Crawford speaks to former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler about Net Neutrality, media mergers and more.

New York State's attorney general alleges a years-long scheme to defraud consumers.

If you like your online privacy rights, can you keep them? Under Trump, the chances are grim.

During his campaign, President Donald Trump called the FCC's Net Neutrality rules a "top-down power grab," leading many observers to expect a quick repeal.

A report that Verizon is thinking about acquiring Charter Communications, which recently acquired Time Warner Cable, has sent heads spinning.

Listen to an afternoon of micro-conversations, hosted by WNYC's Rebecca Carroll, featuring lawmakers, writers, artists and educators. This event was held at the Newark Public Library in partnership with Free Press.

"A Charter-Verizon deal would be a disaster," said Free Press Policy Director Matt Wood, "sure to mean fewer choices and higher prices for customers already captive to the internet-access monopoly."

Today we take the freedom of the web for granted. Under Trump, maybe we shouldn't.

Donald Trump has elevated Ajit Pai to chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, giving control over the agency to a reliable conservative who’s been opposed to pretty much every big action the commission has taken in recent years, from establishing Net Neutrality to protecting consumer privacy to restricting major cable mergers.