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On Tuesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing to consider the history and the continued importance of federal laws designed to protect people who subscribe to cable television, satellite or other such multichannel video packages.

WASHINGTON — On Monday, Free Press announced that Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden joined more than 1,500 groups and organizations and 50,000 individuals from more than 130 countries who have signed the Declaration of Internet Freedom since its launch on July 2.

WASHINGTON – Late Thursday, Senators Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins, Jay Rockefeller, Dianne Feinstein, and Tom Carper introduced a new version of their cybersecurity legislation.

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, AT&T announced new data-sharing plans it will debut in August. The move follows a similar one by Verizon, which launched its own pricey shared-data plans in June.

WASHINGTON – According to press reports, AT&T may begin charging customers an additional fee to use the FaceTime app over the carrier’s cellular network.

CHICAGO — On Tuesday, Journatic whistleblower Ryan Smith and volunteers from Free Press delivered more than 20,000 petitions to Tribune Co. headquarters in Chicago, calling on the company to stop doing business with Journatic.

WASHINGTON — On Monday, Rep. Darrell Issa announced that he had signed the Declaration of Internet Freedom, a set of principles supported by hundreds of companies, entrepreneurs, scholars and organizations.

WASHINGTON — On Monday, Free Press joined more than 100 advocacy groups, human rights organizations, technology companies and Internet luminaries to launch the Declaration of Internet Freedom.

WASHINGTON — On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected requests by members of the media industry to revisit the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission’s media-ownership rules.

WASHINGTON – On Monday, Verizon and T-Mobile announced a deal to exchange specific AWS licenses in markets across the nation.