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WASHINGTON — In a legal brief filed Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Free Press and five other organizations backed the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to protect Internet users’ right to an open Internet.

WASHINGTON — Free Press welcomes the release of Informing Communities, a new report by the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. The report examines the challenges facing media and journalism, the information needs of local communities, and it presents a vision for the future of journalism and the media.

WASHINGTON — Today, Free Press released Digital Déjà Vu: Old Myths about Net Neutrality, a new issue brief that dispels the arguments from big phone and cable companies and opponents of Net Neutrality. The report exposes false claims about investment, regulation, competition and other prevalent issues.

WASHINGTON — AT&T filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission on Friday asking the agency to investigate whether the Google Voice application is blocking some calls. In the letter, AT&T misguidedly claims that Google Voice is violating the FCC’s Internet Policy Statement, though this statement applies only to Internet access services — not to applications or Web services.

WASHINGTON — In a meeting with newspaper editors on Friday, President Barack Obama expressed his willingness to look at policies and proposals that could help support quality journalism at a moment when traditional outlets — especially newspapers — are struggling.

WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski today proposed new Net Neutrality rules that would protect the open Internet on all wired and wireless networks.

WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will soon propose new Network Neutrality rules, according to numerous press reports. Genachowski will be giving a speech on Monday at the Brookings Institution, where he is expected to discuss open Internet proposals and details on the FCC’s national broadband plan.

WASHINGTON — Today, at an FCC oversight hearing held by the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) stated his support for Net Neutrality. Rep. Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, announced that he will be added as a cosponsor to the Internet Freedom Preservation Act (H.R. 3458.)

WASHINGTON — Today, at an FCC oversight hearing held by the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) stated his support for Net Neutrality. Rep. Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, announced that he will be added as a cosponsor to the Internet Freedom Preservation Act (H.R.

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, more than 50 civil rights, public interest and grassroots organizations sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission and congressional leaders supporting Mark Lloyd, the associate general counsel and chief diversity officer of the FCC, and the agency’s longstanding mission to promote localism, diversity and competition in the media.