Matt helps shape our policy team’s efforts to protect the open internet, prevent media concentration, promote affordable broadband deployment and safeguard press freedom. He’s served as an expert witness before Congress on multiple occasions. Before joining Free Press, he worked at the public interest law firm Media Access Project and in the communications practice groups of two private law firms in Washington, D.C. Before that, he served as editor-in-chief for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, worked for PBS, and spent time at several professional and college radio and television stations. Matt earned his B.A. in film studies from Columbia University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. Matt likes watching sports, riding his bicycle and talking about philosophy — just not all at the same time.
Expert Analysis
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Spoiler alert: Your wireless prices are going to go up.
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The Trump administration is recommending a veto of the Save the Internet Act if that bill reaches the president's desk. And the decision is based on faulty data.
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This deal would harm people of color and all communities and constituencies that rely on having more affordable and open wireless options.
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There have been loads of press reports all falsely claiming that today, April 23, is the day that Ajit Pai’s Net Neutrality repeal takes effect.
News
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The request comes from a viewer who says Sinclair lacks a diversity of viewpoints.
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Trump’s executive order is yet another dictatorial action from a president who abuses the power of his office to intimidate and silence others.
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The ruling overturns two merger conditions the Obama administration imposed on Charter when it bought Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.
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Back in 2016, Charter made several promises as conditions for FCC approval of a merger that would make the company even more gargantuan.
From the Policy Library
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FCC Filing & Correspondence
Free Press urges the FCC to maintain the current minimum standards and subsidies for the Lifeline program until the agency can fully analyze the Lifeline marketplace.
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FCC Filing & Correspondence
Free Press’ comments urge the FCC to reject the Trump-administration request for new regulations governing how online platforms handle third-party content.
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Free Press made this presentation on broadband affordability and choice to the Reimagine New York Commission, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo chartered.
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FCC Filing & Correspondence
Free Press urges the FCC to require Charter to adhere to the conditions of its merger with Time Warner Cable.
