A new TV standard will soon result in better picture and sound quality. But critics worry that the standards-creation process isn’t taking consumer privacy seriously.
Demand Progress, Fight for the Future and Free Press Action Fund will launch mass online actions on June 11, the day the FCC’s Net Neutrality repeal will go into effect.
On Thursday, opponents to the Sinclair Broadcast Group’s bid to grow its empire will gather for a protest outside the broadcast giant’s annual shareholders’ meeting.
“Today the state Senate took a huge step toward reinstating Net Neutrality in California,” said Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener, author of the bill.
The FCC has been facing widespread, bipartisan criticism for its decision to gut decades-old media consolidation rules — to help Sinclair Broadcast Group.