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Without an injection of new funding to the ACP, the program that has helped more than 23 million households get and stay online will expire in May.

“I think public media … could play a bigger role in supporting that kind of local coverage that really describes what’s happening in local [communities],” said Free Press Action Co-CEO Craig Aaron.

In his testimony, Aaron said that “threats to defund NPR based on a perceived failure to cover certain topics or hire certain people strike at the heart of journalistic freedom.”

CounterSpin interviews the two Media 2070 co-founders about how to repair journalism’s history of anti-Black harm.

Free Press Action expressed tentative support for the bill but called for it to be amended to better support small publishers, ethnic media and community-rooted outlets.

Free Press Action calls on state lawmakers to make needed amendments to SB 1327 to prioritize benefits for local, ethnic and nonprofit news outlets.

“We’ve been fighting for this moment since well before the Trump FCC threw out strong Title II rules in 2017,” said Free Press Co-CEO Craig Aaron.

This FCC action should put under greater scrutiny the nefarious practices of powerful phone companies, unscrupulous data brokers and their clients.

Free Press Action’s Jenna Ruddock said that a law targeting one platform violates the First Amendment and limits “essential spaces for people to connect and communicate.”

The FCC’s initiative reclaims the agency’s authority over broadband in ways that “safeguard national security, advance public safety, protect consumers and facilitate broadband deployment.”
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