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“No one but T-Mobile and Sprint executives and Wall Street brokers wants to see this merger go through,” said Matt Wood, policy director of Free Press.

The merger between two of the country’s biggest cellphone providers may be far from a deal for consumers, experts say.

Internet activists and major web companies plan mass action beginning on May 9.

Net Neutrality activists and websites like Etsy, Tumblr, Postmates, Foursquare and Twilio will post “red alerts” to protest the FCC’s Net Neutrality repeal.

“Much of the work we support — like Free Press’ News Voices project — focuses on relationship building between local newsrooms and the communities they serve.”

As states pass a wave of laws barring non-neutral ISPs from providing services to state agencies, more than 100 U.S. mayors have pledged to protect Net Neutrality.

More than 100 U.S. mayors have signed a pledge to hold internet service providers accountable for Net Neutrality violations.

More than 100 mayors nationwide have now signed a pledge vowing to defend the open internet at the local level.

T-Mobile and Sprint are reportedly nearing completion of a merger agreement that would join the nation’s third- and fourth-largest cellphone providers.

Mary Alice Crim joins The Great Battlefield to discuss her work as the field director of Free Press — an advocacy group that closely monitors the media landscape.