Net Neutrality

Free Press Calls on FCC to Investigate Verizon Wireless for Blocking Google Wallet

Jenn Ettinger — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:16:40 -0500

WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, Free Press filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission, urging it to investigate Verizon Wireless for reportedly blocking the "Google Wallet" application on the Galaxy Nexus smartphone.

Free Press: Verizon Wireless App Blocking Hurts Consumers, Competition and Innovation

Jenn Ettinger — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:32:43 -0500

WASHINGTON -- According to reports, Verizon Wireless is restricting consumers’ ability to download and use Google Wallet. New mobile payment systems such as Google’s offer consumers opportunities for flexible, fast and convenient transactions using their mobile devices.

Free Press Action Fund Applauds Open Internet Champions

Jenn Ettinger — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:56:20 -0500

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, the Senate held debate on the Republican-led effort to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet rules. Sens.

Net Neutrality Rules Published Friday

Jenn Ettinger — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:37:12 -0400

WASHINGTON -- On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission's Net Neutrality rules were published in the federal register. The rules will take effect Nov. 20.

Free Press Policy Director Matt Wood made the following statement:

Free Press Blasts ‘Partisan Fishing Expedition’

Jenn Ettinger — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:41:31 -0400

WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, House Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Communications Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden (R-Ore.), and Oversight Subcommittee Chair Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission seeking information about the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules passed in December.

Free Press Action Fund Applauds Senators for Rejecting Backdoor Attempt to Hamstring Open Internet Rules

Jenn Ettinger — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:03:10 -0400

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, 10 senators sent a letter to Senate
Appropriations Committee Chair Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Ranking Member Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) objecting to language in a funding bill for 2012 that would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from using federal funds to enforce its open Internet rules.

Free Press Action Fund: Vote to Eliminate Net Neutrality a ‘Dangerous Overreach’

Jenn Ettinger — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:25:08 -0400

WASHINGTON -- On Friday, the House of Representatives voted 240 to 179 to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s Net Neutrality rules, adopted in December. The bill would rescind the FCC’s ability to protect Internet users and would let the largest phone and cable companies discriminate against content, applications and services at will.

Appeals Court to Verizon and MetroPCS: Not So Fast

Jenn Ettinger — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:56:54 -0400

WASHINGTON — On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit dismissed challenges by Verizon and MetroPCS to the Net Neutrality rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in December. In their challenges, Verizon and MetroPCS had argued that the FCC lacked authority to adopt the rules.

Free Press Action Fund Denounces House Committee Vote to Eliminate Basic Net Neutrality Protections

Jenn Ettinger — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:24:42 -0400

WASHINGTON -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted Tuesday to approve House Joint Resolution 37, which would nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s recently approved Net Neutrality rules.

Free Press Disappointed in House Vote on Resolution of Disapproval

Jenn Ettinger — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:08:00 -0500

WASHINGTON -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet voted Wednesday to move forward with a congressional “resolution of disapproval” of the Federal Communications Commission’s Net Neutrality rules adopted in December.