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WASHINGTON — Verizon’s top lobbyist Tom Tauke gave a speech yesterday at an industry-sponsored forum where, according to various press reports, he defended his company’s recent Net Neutrality pact with Google.

MINNEAPOLIS — It was standing room only at South High in Minneapolis on Thursday night, as more than 750 people turned out to show their support for Network Neutrality and free speech online. FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn listened to hours of impassioned public testimony about the future of the Internet.

WASHINGTON — Free Press, Media Access Project, Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union are filing comments with the Federal Communications Commission today to oppose Comcast’s proposed takeover of NBC Universal.

WASHINGTON — The Wall Street Journal reports that “broadband and telecommunications lobbyists restarted talks Wednesday to agree to a proposal for how Internet traffic should be managed.” The talks are being held at the offices of the Information Technology Industry Council, a lobbying group that represents dozens of technology companies.

WASHINGTON — Today, senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee outlined a set of open Internet principles in a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Internet users from across the Bay Area converged outside Google headquarters on Friday to denounce the search engine giant for striking a pact with Verizon that puts the open Internet in jeopardy.

WASHINGTON — In reply comments filed yesterday with the Federal Communications Commission, Free Press debunked industry arguments against the agency’s proposal to re-establish a legal framework that allows it to set broadband policy.

SAN FRANCISCO — With public backlash growing against the pact between Google and Verizon that threatens the free and open Internet experience, Internet users from across the Bay Area will converge outside Google headquarters on Friday, Aug. 13, to protest the pact and urge the search-engine giant to live up to its corporate motto: “Don’t Be Evil.”

Commissioners Copps and Clyburn to Attend Public Hearing Aug. 19

WASHINGTON – Free Press, MoveOn.org Civic Action, CREDO Action, the Progressive Campaign Change Committee and ColorofChange.org today delivered petitions on behalf of more than 300,000 people challenging Google to stand by its “don’t be evil” motto and to call off a deal with Verizon that would jeopardize the future of the open Internet.