CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA — Members of the media are encouraged to both participate in and report on the News Voices: North Carolina event on Sat., Aug. 26, at 1 p.m. in Charlotte.

WASHINGTON — On Monday, Free Press filed a formal challenge at the FCC to the proposed merger of Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Media. The petition to deny seeks to halt the transfer of broadcast licenses that would give Sinclair control of more than 233 local TV stations reaching 72 percent of the country’s population.

WASHINGTON — On Monday, press accounts reported that Rep. Andy Biggs (R­–Arizona) plans to introduce a House companion to Sen. Mike Lee’s (R–Utah) Net Neutrality repeal bill, S. 993.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R–Oregon) announced his plans to invite the CEOs of the largest phone, cable and internet companies to a September hearing on “ground rules for the internet.”

WASHINGTON — On Monday, the groups that led the mass mobilization of millions of people during the July 12 “Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality” launched Team Internet — the next phase of organizing to defend the open internet.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday and Friday, news reports documented customers’ claims that Verizon Wireless is throttling video streaming on the company’s mobile network.

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Voices for Internet Freedom, a coalition of organizations advocating for the digital rights of communities of color, filed comments calling on the FCC to maintain the strong Net Neutrality protections it adopted in 2015.

WASHINGTON — On Monday, Free Press submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission, once again demonstrating that the 2015 decision to base Net Neutrality rules on Title II got it exactly right.

WASHINGTON — In less than 24 hours, a diverse coalition of Net Neutrality supporters will launch a nationwide “Day of Action” to mobilize people to demonstrate their support for the open-internet protections the Trump administration is trying to overturn.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the results of its investigation into Lifeline, an FCC universal service program that provides a modest subsidy so that poor people can access telephone and internet services.