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The court said that states could fill the gap created when the Trump administration ended federal Net Neutrality rules.

A federal appeals court rejected an attempt from industry groups to prevent the state from enforcing the law.

The court rejected an industry challenge that sought to prevent the state from implementing protections enacted in the wake of the Trump administration's gutting of federal open-internet rules.

“We need to let these stellar public-interest advocates fill their roles now,” said Free Press Action Co-CEO Craig Aaron.

Tech companies like Facebook and Google have not invested enough in content moderation to catch and remove vile content, especially in Spanish and other non-English languages.

For years, federal agencies have exploited legal loopholes to purchase massive amounts of personal information sold by data merchants who harvest sensitive material from cellphone and internet users.

Sen. Klobuchar’s antitrust bill is supposed to promote competition. So why are advocates afraid it could also promote extremists?

Progressive groups like Free Press expressed concern that certain provisions in the legislation would make it more difficult for platforms to combat disinformation.

A host on the right-wing network told viewers that OANN “is now at war with AT&T,” which has a 70-percent stake in DIRECTV.

Free Press and others are concerned that a provision in the bill is overly broad and would prevent companies from removing harmful content from their platforms.