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Trump’s FCC Ripped Away Open-Internet Protections. We’re This Close to Winning Them Back

A majority of commissioners is set to return to the agency the authority it needs to act as a strong advocate for a user-powered internet.

5 min readApr 23, 2024

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Trump’s FCC Ripped Away Open-Internet Protections. We’re This Close to Winning Them Back

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As Open Internet Protections Return, It’s Time, Again, to Debunk Pesky Comcast Lies About Net…

No single issue seems to scare U.S. phone and cable companies more than Net Neutrality.

8 min readFeb 28, 2024

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As Open Internet Protections Return, It’s Time, Again, to Debunk Pesky Comcast Lies About Net…

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How the Media Can Atone for Enabling the Rise of Trumpism

For far too long, media execs have played along with Donald Trump’s strongman charade, aware that his tele-presence is a boon for ratings…

4 min readNov 16, 2023

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How the Media Can Atone for Enabling the Rise of Trumpism

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Sink, Sank, Sunk: One Year in and Musk’s Twitter Is Circling the Drain

It’s been one year since Elon Musk took ownership of Twitter and proceeded to strip it of all its social value.

4 min readNov 4, 2023

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Sink, Sank, Sunk: One Year in and Musk’s Twitter Is Circling the Drain

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Yaccarino’s PR Push Can’t Whitewash the Awfulness of Musk-Owned Twitter

On Thursday, Twitter (X) CEO Linda Yaccarino sat down with CNBC’s Sara Eisen in an interview replete with outrageously dishonest and…

5 min readAug 11, 2023

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Yaccarino’s PR Push Can’t Whitewash the Awfulness of Musk-Owned Twitter

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Elon Musk is Absolutely an Enemy of Free Speech

In Elon Musk’s mind he’s absolutely a free-speech absolutist. He’ll absolutely defend your right to speak out, as long as you don’t…

5 min readJul 31, 2023

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Elon Musk is Absolutely an Enemy of Free Speech

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Threads vs. Twitter: A Cage Match with Few Real Winners

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are going toe to toe in more than one arena. Their latest cage match is over the future of micro-blogging…

4 min readJul 12, 2023

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Threads vs. Twitter: A Cage Match with Few Real Winners

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Trading Links for Money Is No Way to Save Journalism

Last Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the controversial Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA)…

5 min readJun 23, 2023

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Trading Links for Money Is No Way to Save Journalism

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Trump’s Lies Spark Right-Wing Cries to Defund PBS

PBS must have really crossed the line this time.

4 min readJun 14, 2023

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How Musk’s Love of Hate and Disinformation Has Tanked Twitter’s Business

Twitter’s latest round of bad news recalls a meeting Free Press and other racial-justice and digital-rights groups held in early November…

4 min readJun 1, 2023

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How Musk’s Love of Hate and Disinformation Has Tanked Twitter’s Business

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TimKarr

TimKarr

All things media, online & off, but mostly on. Timothy Karr advocates for universal access to open networks at Free Press and Free Press Action Fund.

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