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Numerous public-interest groups support Gigi Sohn’s nomination.

Last year, we saw some open media acknowledgement of an event previously shrouded in silence and ignorance: the Tulsa massacre of 1921.

A group of Colorado journalists and community members of color have been working to understand and correct systemic harm of traditional local media.

Facial-recognition company Clearview AI sought to recruit the New York Police Department to endorse its services to an anti-child abuse nonprofit.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Free Press called on the FCC to reinvent its Universal Service Fund policies to ensure affordable internet access for millions of people in need.

The Feb. 25–26 conference will gather activists, public servants, academics and other experts, including Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and former FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn.

The telecom and broadband industries are seeking to block Gigi Sohn’s FCC confirmation — in part to prevent the agency from restoring Net Neutrality rules.

The bills could make it more difficult for companies to police hate and misinformation.

The further delay “only hurts the American public and deadlocks the FCC—which is precisely the point,” said Free Press Action VP Matt Wood.

Sohn is an impeccably qualified nominee. But Senator Wicker and the industry lobbyists he’s working with to block her confirmation don’t want the agency to function.