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This long-overdue order will help the FCC, Congress and the American public better understand whether the broadcast sector is serving the public interest.

Efforts to “save” local journalism will not succeed unless they reckon with the historical role that journalism has played in undermining democracy for Black people.

The collection, use and sale of location data have significant implications for people’s civil and constitutional rights.

Free Press’ Nora Benavidez criticized the voluntary nature of the promises and called for more stringent content-moderation practices.

Toothless agreements simply aren’t good enough to meet the global challenges facing democracy.

Free Press said the pledge amounted to an empty promise because tech companies have been backsliding on previous commitments to election integrity.

Tech companies have a less-than-stellar record of self-regulation and enforcing their own policies.

Free Press argued that the tech giants must do much more than what’s outlined in the new accord, which the organization characterized as “more empty promises”

The decision to cancel the vote came after a coalition of groups urged lawmakers to vote “no” on attempts to reauthorize spying powers without significant reforms.

A Free Press report found that Meta, X and YouTube have rolled back a total of 17 policies intended to protect against hate speech and misinformation.