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The billboard stood outside FCC headquarters on Thursday as Carr convened the agency’s monthly open meeting. Protesters gathered outside with duct tape covering their mouths while wearing “Censorship Czar” t-shirts.

A bill that aimed to prevent the use of expensive lawsuits to silence journalists and other members of the public was blocked by the Wisconsin state Senate.

Free Press’ Nora Benavidez joined NBC Bay Area’s Jessica Aguirre to talk about the recent verdict reached in a social media addiction trial.

A growing debate over immigration enforcement is putting Delta Air Lines at the center of a broader question: What role should private companies play in deportations?

The New Jersey Civic Information Consortium released a report that underscores the vital role statewide public media plays in ensuring the people of New Jersey have access to trusted news and makes the case for expanded state investment.

Free Press and our allies are suing the FCC in the D.C. Circuit as Chairman Brendan Carr continues his campaign to censor and control a free and independent press in the United States

Estefany Rodriguez Florez was released from federal custody, more than two weeks after she was surrounded by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in a gym parking lot. But her fight is far from over. 

A coalition of groups who have opposed the $6.2 billion Nexstar/Tegna merger have filed an emergency petition and appeal with the FCC seeking to stay what they call “the agency’s unlawful March 19 decision” to approve the deal.

Free press advocates warned that the FCC’s decision to greenlight Nexstar’s takeover of Tegna further imperils U.S. democracy by accelerating the consolidation of broadcast media and extending the reach of right-wing propaganda.

The FCC’s unprecedented moves to grease the skids for this terrible merger are something we simply can’t let stand.