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WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Free Press delivered a petition with more than 30,000 signatures to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski urging him to make the public, jobs and journalism the top priorities in the agency’s imminent review of media-ownership rules.

WASHINGTON — According to reports, Verizon Wireless is restricting consumers’ ability to download and use Google Wallet. New mobile payment systems such as Google’s offer consumers opportunities for flexible, fast and convenient transactions using their mobile devices.

WASHINGTON — According to several press reports, mobile software company Carrier IQ is working with phone manufacturers and cellphone carriers to install spying software on Androids and iPhones.

On Thursday, AT&T responded to the Federal Communications Commission’s staff report on the proposed T-Mobile takeover, calling the report unfair and one-sided.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission released a staff report regarding AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. Although the FCC acknowledged AT&T’s last-minute withdrawal of its formal application seeking approval of the deal, it rightly decided to release the staff’s findings on the tremendous harms of the transaction.

WASHINGTON – On Monday, Free Press sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski in response to reports that the FCC may be reconsidering harmful and unjustified changes to the longstanding ban on one company owning broadcast stations and a daily newspaper in the same market.

WASHINGTON — According to reports Saturday, AT&T is preparing to offer to divest as much as 40 percent of T-Mobile in an effort to win approval for the merger from the Department of Justice. The reports follow AT&T’s announcement last Wednesday that it filed a motion with the Federal Communications Commission to withdraw its merger application.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission announced the start of the process to reject the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. According to reports, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is circulating an order that would designate the merger for a hearing. The order effectively concludes that AT&T’s bid to acquire T-Mobile is not in the public interest.

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Free Press, along with dozens of other groups, participated in American Censorship Day in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261), a bill that would let corporations rip apart the open structure of the Internet.

WASHINGTON — On Monday, Free Press released a new report showing state support for public broadcasting is declining at an alarming rate.