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In April, Free Press staffers fought for online privacy, combated hate speech and advanced the fight for media reparations.

The CJPA would threaten the free exchange of ideas online, make it harder for websites to remove hateful content — and help the same companies that have destroyed local news.

No single company has done more combined harm to our planet than Fox News. We need a national reckoning on the harms the Murdoch empire has inflicted.

It’s been a banner year of bad decisions at Twitter, where Musk has alienated advertisers, cost the company billions of dollars, and enabled hate and lies to increase drastically.

The event brought together people who care about media and racial justice — and examined a pathway to a future that’s free of anti-Blackness.

In March, Free Press staffers presented solutions to the local-news crisis, held a Capitol Hill briefing and offered remedies to systemic racism in the media.

Free Press Action and the Disinfo Defense League held a Capitol Hill briefing on the harms that privacy violations, digital redlining, hate speech and disinformation pose for communities of color and others who experience online discrimination.

Vicious attacks sabotaged Sohn’s FCC nomination — as did the abject failure of Democratic leaders to stand up for their nominee.

In February, Free Press toured an award-winning documentary and fought for journalism that serves local communities.

NPR blamed the drop in corporate advertising for its decision to cut 10 percent of its staff. The real culprit: the country’s failure to fully fund noncommercial media.