ETF, WTF: Why Mobile Fees Matter

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Wednesday March 10, 2010 · 11:01 AM PST

2010/03/10 · 11:01

Last month, the FCC sent letters to all the major wireless carriers, asking them to justify their increasingly outrageous early termination fees (ETFs). But the carriers' responses have been less than helpful, so we need to tell the FCC to step up the pressure and put an end to these fees.

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Wednesday October 21, 2009 · 1:19 PM PDT

2009/10/21 · 13:19

Tomorrow's a big day for communications policy. The FCC will meet to propose rules on Net Neutrality, and the telecom lobby is doing everything it can to convince the commission not to act in the public interest.

The lobby’s efforts have reached a few dozen members of Congress who have now come out against Net Neutrality (here's a full list of them, complete with contact info), and we at Free Press are fighting back in full force.

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Friday September 11, 2009 · 11:46 AM PDT

2009/09/11 · 11:46

Update [2009-9-11 15:28:32 by levjoy]: I posted a clarification below.

Glenn Beck has gone beyond the pale in his witch hunt against folks in the Obama administration. First, Van Jones resigned as a result of Beck's attacks, and now Beck is going after Mark Lloyd with the false claim that Lloyd (who's at the FCC) wants to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, or something like it. That's just not true. But Lloyd has been pushing for more diversity and localism in our media system, something that threatens Beck’s prominent media perch.

We at Free Press put together a video to serve as a wakeup call about this irresponsible behavior, which goes beyond just Beck. Across cable TV, media extremists are using their platform to push their private agendas and spread misinformation and fear, rather than serve the public’s interest. Fifty years ago, it was called McCarthyism; what shall we call it now?

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Wednesday January 07, 2009 · 1:26 PM PST

2009/01/07 · 13:26

[I'm managing editor at Change.org]

There's been a ton of activity on our Ideas for Change in America competition -- in which the public could post an "idea" to the Obama Administration and vote on their favorites -- with more than 300,000 votes and counting.

The competition just entered its second round, and top three ideas in each category are now up for voting - the top 10 overall ideas will be presented to the Obama Administration at an event with the Case Foundation next Friday, Jan. 16th.

After that, we at Change.org will be working with our partner nonprofits (more than 3500 have profiles on our site), advocacy groups, and activists to building movements around each of the winning ideas. You'll have a chance to get on board these movements by endorsing ideas.

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