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The Telecommunications Crisis in Puerto Rico

May 13, 2019

This Free Press report documents how Hurricanes Irma and Maria ravaged Puerto Rico's communications networks and urges Congress to hold the FCC accountable.

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Research Report

Internet Access, Communications Justice
Free Press Urges the FCC to Prioritize Diversity in its Quadrennial Review of Broadcast Ownership

April 30, 2019

Free Press submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission as part of the agency’s quadrennial review of media-ownership rules.

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FCC Filing & Correspondence

Diversity in Media Ownership, Media Consolidation
Delegation Urges FCC to Abandon Its Lifeline Proposals

April 22, 2019

This letter to the FCC describes six meetings a delegation of public-interest groups, Lifeline subscribers and others held with agency commissioners and staff.

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FCC Filing & Correspondence

Internet Access
Reply Brief Challenging FCC Weakening of Media-Ownership Rules

April 12, 2019

In this legal filing, Free Press and allies condemn the FCC for the appalling lack of diversity in radio and TV ownership.

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Legal & Court Document

Diversity in Media Ownership
Debunking Big Cable's Anti-Net Neutrality Spin

April 8, 2019

The broadband industry lobby will say anything to discredit the Save the Internet Act. Free Press Action sets the record straight with this Big Cable debunker.

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Fact Sheet

Free & Open Internet, Net Neutrality
Coalition Press-Freedom Letter to Attorney General Barr

April 4, 2019

Free Press and other groups express concern over reports that the Justice Department will make it easier for prosecutors to subpoena journalists' records.

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Other Federal Documents

Press Freedom
Groups Request Transparency from FCC Commissioner O'Rielly

April 2, 2019

Free Press and other groups urge Commissioner O'Rielly to release complete details on an item regarding Universal Service Fund contributions.

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FCC Filing & Correspondence

Internet Access
Free Press Action Responds to Net Neutrality Hearing Questions

March 20, 2019

Free Press Action's Jessica J. González submitted these responses to committee questions following the Feb. 7 House hearing on Net Neutrality.

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Congressional Correspondence

Net Neutrality
Free Press Action Judiciary Testimony on T-Mobile/Sprint

March 12, 2019

This is the written testimony of Free Press Action Senior Policy Counsel Carmen Scurato. Scurato testified before a House subcommittee on March 12.

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Congressional Testimony

Internet Access, Media Consolidation
Online Civil Rights and Privacy Act of 2019

March 11, 2019

Free Press Action and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law are proposing this legislation to protect internet users' fundamental rights.

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Other Federal Documents

Privacy