News

WASHINGTON — On Monday, Free Press told the Federal Communications Commission that Title II reclassification is a light-touch regulatory approach that will promote investment and restore legal clarity to efforts to protect Net Neutrality.

In time for the Sept. 15 deadline, groups representing communities of color called on FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to use the agency’s Title II authority to reclassify broadband as a common-carrier service.

NEW YORK — On Sept. 15, Internet freedom supporters will gather in City Hall Park to demand real protections for Net Neutrality and a rejection of Comcast’s proposed merger with Time Warner Cable.

The rally, organized by Free Press and its allies, will urge the Federal Communications Commission to adopt rules that would prevent broadband providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from discriminating against online content and services.

PHILADELPHIA — On Sept. 15, Internet freedom supporters will gather outside Comcast headquarters to demand real protections for Net Neutrality and a rejection of Comcast’s proposed merger with Time Warner Cable.

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, tech companies, websites, public interest organizations and Internet users joined forces to demonstrate overwhelming support for stronger Net Neutrality protections.

WASHINGTON – Today, tech companies, Main Street businesses and public interest organizations alike are demonstrating their support for stronger Net Neutrality protections by adding a spinning icon representing a slow-loading Internet to their websites.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, 27 of the nation’s largest online advocacy groups submitted a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler urging the agency to participate in at least four town hall-style public hearings outside the Beltway before ruling on Chairman Wheeler’s Internet proposal.

WASHINGTON — Momentum for a day of action to protect the open Internet is growing as prominent tech companies and organizations have announced that they will join the Sept. 10 Web protest.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler delivered a speech about the future of broadband at the 1776 startup campus. In his remarks, the chairman said that broadband users need Internet connections of at least 25 megabits per second — far beyond what slow DSL connections are capable of providing.

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, a diverse range of public interest groups representing more than 10 million people announced a day of mass online mobilization on Sept. 10 in support of Net Neutrality.