Free Press Policy Updates
Free Press is making sure the American people have a seat at the table where important policy decisions are being made. Below you will find Free Press' policy related blog posts, filings with the Federal Communications Commission and other government agencies, letters to key lawmakers, white papers, congressional legislation affecting media reform issues, and all of our latest research and policy work.
Policy Updates
Free Press Action Fund Praises Members of Congress Defending Wireless Innovation
WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, a bipartisan letter from 42 members of the House of Representatives urged congressional leadership to keep prime wireless spectrum available for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other innovative new technologies.
Public Interest Groups to Congress: So-Called Reform Bills Would Compound Corporate Influence at the FCC
WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, 45 public interest groups sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee opposing two bills that would severely limit the Federal Communications Commission’s ability to promote competition, innovation and access to communications services.
Groups Ask FCC to Require Verizon, SpectrumCo and Cox Communications to Make Agreements Available
WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, Free Press, the Media Access Project, Public Knowledge and the Greenlining Institute filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission requesting that Verizon, SpectrumCo and Cox Communications make unredacted versions of their joint operating and marketing agreements in their spectrum deals available to parties in the proceeding.
Letter to the FCC Requesting the Agency Make Available Joint Operating and Marketing Agreements Between Verizon and SpectrumCo
On Feb. 7, Free Press, the Media Access Project, Public Knowledge and the Greenlining Institute filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission requesting that Verizon and SpectrumCo make unredacted versions of its joint operating and marketing agreements in its spectrum deal available to parties in the proceeding.
Free Press: FCC Must Address Barriers to Entry in Media Ownership
WASHINGTON -- On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it will solicit ideas for new research on barriers to entry for small businesses and underrepresented groups to participate in the communications and media industries.
After Outcry, ASU Lifts Blocking of Change.org
On Friday night, Arizona State University (ASU) responded to thousands of complaints from ASU students and Free Press activists and stopped blocking student access to the popular petition website Change.org.
Arizona State University Blocks Popular Online Organizing Site
WASHINGTON -- Arizona State University is reportedly blocking students’ access to Change.org and to messages from the site to ASU email addresses. A popular website that uses petitions to create social change, Change.org is hosting a petition by ASU students to lower tuition rates.
