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The bill would affirm the FCC’s role in ensuring that high-speed internet is offered on just, reasonable, affordable and nondiscriminatory terms to everyone in the United States.

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling, our ability to safely access information and health care online is in danger.

Free Press Action’s Nora Benavidez discusses the bill, which is the first comprehensive national privacy legislation with bipartisan support.

The Media 2070 documentary “Black in the Newsroom” examines how that media system treats Black journalists and how that impacts the larger community.

Human-rights groups said Meta sidestepped criticisms and failed to take responsibility for exacerbating political tensions.

The bill prohibits online platforms and other entities from collecting, processing and sharing people’s data in ways that discriminate “on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or disability.”

Law enforcement and government agencies buy internet users’ personal online information from data brokers, sidestepping constitutional and statutory protections.

The groups are urging the committee to advance the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would prohibit data merchants from selling personal data to authorities without a legal warrant.

The legislation would reinstate a key component of the Obama-era Net Neutrality rules.

“Congress should pass the Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act and confirm Gigi Sohn to the FCC without further delay,” said Free Press Action VP Matt Wood.