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Comcast is not happy about new federal rules that will require it to provide broadband customers with labels displaying exact prices.

The custom-built installation will feature magazines, newspapers, art and other forms of media owned and published by Black folks representing the diversity of the African diaspora.

The installation is a stall stocked with Black-centered print media “from the future,” including an Amsterdam News edition from the year 2070.

Of the five major platforms —Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube — only TikTok explicitly prohibits targeted misgendering and deadnaming in its hate-and-harassment policy.

The company will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 presidential election was plagued by fraud, errors or glitches.”

Free Press’ Venneikia Williams discusses the goals of the organization’s Media 2070 project, which “calls for media reparations and ownership of Black stories by Black people.”

This custom-built installation explores the question “What does a media that loves Black people look, feel, sound and taste like in a future where reparations are real?”

After some 20 minutes of crashing and echoing and chaos, the live event abruptly ended.

Digital-rights advocates expressed relief over President Joe Biden’s nomination of former FCC legal adviser Anna Gomez and called on the Senate to confirm her as quickly as possible.

Anna Gomez is “eminently qualified for this role at the FCC,” said Free Press Co-CEO Jessica J. González.