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WASHINGTON — The Free Press Summit: Changing Media on May 14 in Washington, D.C., will feature keynote speeches by Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps and Susan Crawford of President Barack Obama’s National Economic Council.

By Ben Scott, Policy Director, Free Press

We wanted to take this opportunity presented by our friends at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association to give more details about our position on Time Warner Cable’s new Internet pricing model.

WASHINGTON — In response to Time Warner Cable’s announcement yesterday that it will move forward with plans to limit consumers’ Internet use, Free Press is urging its 500,000 members to voice their opposition to Congress.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission announced sweeping changes to the way it collects data on female and minority broadcast ownership in the United States. Free Press research had exposed that the FCC’s last data collection process in 2007 missed more than half of all the radio stations owned by women and minorities and more than two-thirds of the television stations.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission launched its “national broadband plan” to bring high-speed Internet to all Americans. The FCC must develop this comprehensive strategy for Congress by Feb. 17, 2010, as part of the $7.2 billion broadband stimulus portion of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.

WASHINGTON — With the Federal Communications Commission set to begin work on a national broadband strategy this week, Free Press has released Wired Less: Disconnected in Urban America, a multimedia report that calls attention to the urban digital divide.

WASHINGTON — In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, Free Press called on the agency to confirm that wireless networks must adhere to the Internet Policy Statement, which protects consumers’ right to access any online content and services on any device of their choosing.

WASHINGTON — In a roundtable discussion on broadband stimulus at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner outlined the five criteria policymakers should use to score potential broadband deployment projects: adoption and affordability, speed, civics, job creation and efficiency.

WASHINGTON — In a roundtable discussion on broadband stimulus at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott proposed that policymakers attach strict open Internet conditions to taxpayer-funded networks.

WASHINGTON — The uncertainty surrounding Net Neutrality has given rise to a technology known as Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) that offers Internet service providers unprecedented control over Internet content, according to a new paper released today by Free Press.