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During his campaign, President Donald Trump called the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules a “top-down power grab,” leading many observers to expect a quick repeal.

If you like your online privacy rights, can you keep them? Under Trump, the chances are grim.

Listen to an afternoon of micro-conversations, hosted by WNYC’s Rebecca Carroll, featuring lawmakers, writers, artists and educators. This event was held at the Newark Public Library in partnership with Free Press.

A report that Verizon is thinking about acquiring Charter Communications, which recently acquired Time Warner Cable, has sent heads spinning.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Free Press delivered a letter to the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency’s new leadership to take serious strides toward closing the digital divide by making broadband more affordable.

WASHINGTON — On Friday, a coalition of 19 racial-justice, consumer-protection, civil-liberties, and privacy groups submitted a letter urging congressional leaders to reject calls for using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to undermine online privacy protections.

WASHINGTON — The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Verizon Communications Inc. is exploring a possible merger with cable giant Charter Communications Inc.

“A Charter-Verizon deal would be a disaster,” said Free Press Policy Director Matt Wood, “sure to mean fewer choices and higher prices for customers already captive to the internet-access monopoly.”

Today we take the freedom of the web for granted. Under Trump, maybe we shouldn’t.