Free Press Commends Senator Franken for Standing for Real Net Neutrality

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission on Friday, urging Chairman Julius Genachowski to pass real Network Neutrality protections when the agency votes on the issue on Dec. 21.

Free Press Political Adviser Joel Kelsey made the following statement:

“Sen. Franken is a champion for real Net Neutrality, and we applaud him for standing with the millions of open Internet supporters outside the Beltway. We hope more members of Congress will join him in trying to protect free speech online and to ensure that we get strong Net Neutrality rules that would preserve the open Internet.”

Internet Speech Cases Turn on Procedural Grounds as the Supreme Court Articulates Strong First Amendment Protections for Content Moderation

While the Court remanded these cases for more fact-finding by the lower courts, it noted laws that prevent platforms from deciding which speech it will or will not host are “unlikely to withstand First Amendment scrutiny.”
California Bill That Would Support Local Journalism Jobs Passes the State Senate

As the bill moves to the state Assembly, lawmakers must ensure that resulting revenues prioritize community-centered and noncommercial outlets.
Supreme Court Ruling on Social Media Affirms the First Amendment and the Government’s Responsibility to Protect the Public from the Harms of Online Misinformation

The case arose out of the Biden administration’s efforts to call on social-media platforms to remove lies about the COVID-19 pandemic and the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

Internet Speech Cases Turn on Procedural Grounds as the Supreme Court Articulates Strong First Amendment Protections for Content Moderation

California Bill That Would Support Local Journalism Jobs Passes the State Senate

Supreme Court Ruling on Social Media Affirms the First Amendment and the Government’s Responsibility to Protect the Public from the Harms of Online Misinformation