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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.

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

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.

Donald Trump has elevated Ajit Pai to chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, giving control over the agency to a reliable conservative who’s been opposed to pretty much every big action the commission has taken in recent years, from establishing Net Neutrality to protecting consumer privacy to restricting major cable mergers.

Ajit Pai may not be a household name, but he could end up changing the internet for American households.

President Donald Trump tapped Republican Commissioner Ajit Pai to head the Federal Communications Commission, which is expected to roll back many of the Obama administration’s telecommunications and internet policies.