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FRIDAY: Delivery of 50,000 Letters Demanding St. Paul Drop Charges Against Journalists

September 4, 2008

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- On Friday morning, local advocates and independent journalists will deliver more than 50,000 petitions to St. Paul City Hall calling on Mayor Chris Coleman and local law enforcement officials to drop all charges against journalists arrested while covering protests outside the Republican National Convention.

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Free Press: Comcast Appeal 'Predictable'

September 4, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Today Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, announced it is appealing the Federal Communications Commission’s order punishing the cable giant for blocking Internet users' access to legal online content.

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Bipartisan FCC Majority Condemns Comcast's Illegal Blocking

August 20, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Today, the Federal Communications Commission published an enforcement order punishing Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, for blocking Internet users' access to legal online content and services.

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Blocking or Metering: A False Choice

August 8, 2008

Today, Free Press released <em>Blocking or Metering: A False Choice</em>, a policy brief that illustrates why the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to prohibit blocking by Internet service providers is unlikely to lead to a radical, industry-wide switch to metering.

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Bipartisan FCC Majority Votes to Punish Comcast

July 25, 2008

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan majority of the Federal Communications Commission has reportedly voted to punish Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, for blocking consumers' access to the open Internet.

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Pittsburgh Hosts FCC Hearing on Future of the Internet

July 18, 2008

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- On Monday, all five Federal Communications Commissioners will meet face-to-face with the public at a hearing at Carnegie Mellon University to discuss broadband and the digital future.

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