Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

August 28, 2024 at 5:06 PM

Defending Net Neutrality in court

Free Press We have the policy experience to take the ISPs on. Friend, earlier this month, champions for an open internet like you — and internet users everywhere — experienced a setback when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit put the FCC's Net Neutrality rules on ic…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

August 26, 2024 at 2:06 PM

[Free Press Update] The mess at Twitter, an unfortunate Net Neutrality ruling and more

Free Press The very latest from Free Press and Free Press Action Welcome to the August 2024 edition of the Free Press Update, our newsletter recapping as much of our work from the last month as we can fit into one email. Let’s get into it: UPDATES FROM FREE PRESS A Mistaken Co…

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  Jessica J. González, Free Press Action · [email protected]

August 22, 2024 at 6:05 PM

EXPLAINED: The media system is failing Spanish speakers

Free Press Action It’s time to ensure that non-English speakers finally have the protections they deserve Friend, Notice any familiar faces in this picture? Free Press Action Co-CEO Jessica J. Gonzàlez (right) with fellow civil-society experts and Sen. Ben Ray Luján (cent…

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  The Free Press Action Team · [email protected]

August 21, 2024 at 5:08 PM

FWD: A call to action for media executives

Free Press Action We need you with us to remind the media of their role in our democracy Friend, In a time of rising authoritarianism, the media must be a watchdog for the people — and democracy — and adhere to the highest journalistic standards. Sign our petition calling on media executiv…

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  Nora at Free Press Action · [email protected]

August 20, 2024 at 8:36 PM

Pro-democracy journalism

Free Press Action Covering a contentious and extreme moment in American history Media leaders must commit to pro-democracy journalism. Sign our petition today. Friend, Since the assassination attempt on former President Trump, some pundits and politicians have suggested th…

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  The Free Press Action Team · [email protected]

August 17, 2024 at 2:06 PM

FWD: Musk is a disaster

Free Press Action Making sure you saw Candace’s email Friend, did you see Candace’s email? Elon Musk continues to spread all kinds of heinous disinformation on Twitter, the social-media platform he owns. None of this is a surprise. And that’s why we’re not backing down from our fight to hold…

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  Candace at Free Press Action · [email protected]

August 16, 2024 at 9:14 PM

Musk is a disaster

Free Press Action And we’re fighting back Friend, the failures at Twitter keep stacking up. On Monday, when the Twitter livestream of Elon Musk's softball interview with former President Trump was plagued by technical difficulties, Musk claimed it was a cyberattack — even though …

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  The Free Press Action Team · [email protected]

August 8, 2024 at 5:07 PM

FWD: PETITION: Tell Twitter to stop disinformation!

Free Press Action A new low for Twitter Friend, did you see? Twitter’s AI chatbot spread false information about the presidential race for more than a week — and the platform did nothing to intervene. Not only that, but Twitter owner Elon Musk recently shared an AI-generated deepfake video mo…

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  Nora at Free Press Action · [email protected]

August 7, 2024 at 4:07 PM

PETITION: Tell Twitter to stop disinformation!

Free Press Action Musk’s use of AI-based chatbots and deepfakes crosses yet another line Friend, Breaking news in the wild world of Twitter: Five secretaries of state are warning that the platform’s AI chatbot produced and spread misinformation about ballot deadlines to million…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

August 3, 2024 at 6:16 PM

FWD: A victory for ISPs is a loss for the rest of us

Free Press We’re determined to see the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules go into effect Friend, We need your help to ensure this disappointing ruling from the Sixth Circuit is a small setback and not a permanent blow in the fight for Net Neutrality and Title II. Will you chip in today? Then scro…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

August 3, 2024 at 12:14 AM

BREAKING: a disappointing court ruling is the latest hurdle in the Net Neutrality fight

Free Press What happens next is up to you Friend, Over the last decade, a familiar pattern has emerged: As soon as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopts Net Neutrality rules, industry players like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon sue to overturn them. In April, we ce…

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  Brenda at Free Press Action · [email protected]

July 31, 2024 at 5:09 PM

It's not too late

Free Press Action Will you help us kickstart our Democracy Watch Fund? Friend, This week, we launched our Democracy Watch Fund with a goal of securing 100 donations by midnight TONIGHT to fuel our work fighting disinformation, holding the media accountable and calling out rising…

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  The Free Press Action Team · [email protected]

July 30, 2024 at 5:09 PM

FWD: Built for this moment

Free Press Action Did you see Candace’s email? Friend, we just wanted to make sure you saw Candace’s email from yesterday. With so much on the line this year, it’s crucial we do everything in our power to combat disinformation online, fight for trustworthy news and information, and stop the …

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  Candace at Free Press Action · [email protected]

July 29, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Built for this moment

Free Press Action 100 donations needed to kickstart our Democracy Watch Fund Friend, While the 2024 election cycle has been anything but predictable, we still know what’s in store for us: rampant disinformation and hate on social media, the mainstreaming of authoritarianism in t…

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

July 27, 2024 at 2:06 PM

FWD: Staying safe during unprecedented times

Free Press Now that you know what to do, make a pledge to do it Friend, It’s hard to believe how much has happened in the last few weeks. Literally. I’m grateful that my colleague Nora put together this thorough guide on handling unreliable content — will you join me in pledging to exercise…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

July 25, 2024 at 5:27 PM

Things are heating up for Free Press and Free Press Action this month …☀️

Free Press SCOTUS, our 2024 Media and Technology Policy Platform, and more … Welcome to the July 2024 edition of the Free Press Update, our newsletter recapping as much of our work from the last month as we can fit into one email. Let’s get into it: UPDATES FROM FREE PRESS How t…

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press Action · [email protected]

July 22, 2024 at 10:56 PM

What now?

Free Press Action No time to catch our breath: Here’s what happens next … Friend, July 2024 has been a news cycle like no other. Between the assassination attempt on former President Trump and President Biden dropping out of the race, we’re watching events unfold at an unpreced…

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

July 21, 2024 at 7:40 PM

Staying safe during unprecedented times

Free Press These are trying times, and so we must try Friend, With today’s news that President Biden is withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race, we are experiencing another fast-paced news cycle where emotional states are heightened and everything is so over the top as to s…

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  Free Press · [email protected]

July 19, 2024 at 5:05 PM

FWD: What a victory at the FCC means for incarcerated people and their loved ones

Free Press Inspiring Friend, We’re celebrating a major win in the fight to treat incarcerated people with dignity — and respect their basic human right to stay connected to loved ones. Please read Heather’s email to learn about this great action from the FCC, and then sign our thank-you ca…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

July 18, 2024 at 9:06 PM

What today’s FCC vote means for incarcerated people and their loved ones

Free Press A human-rights victory Friend, for far too long incarcerated people and their loved ones have paid an unconscionably high price to stay connected — all thanks to the greed of the companies that provide telecom services to prisons, jails and detention centers. Thankfu…

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  Free Press Action · [email protected]

July 13, 2024 at 5:08 PM

FWD: Add your name to endorse our 2024 Media & Technology Policy Platform

Free Press Action Hoping to see your name on this…. Friend, Our 2024 Media and Technology Policy Platform is a critical call to action for candidates and policymakers to protect our rights to connect and communicate — for closing the digital divide, protecting our online privacy, and so muc…

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  Free Press Action · [email protected]

July 12, 2024 at 7:44 PM

Add your name to endorse our 2024 Media & Technology Policy Platform

Free Press Action Every elected official should join the fight for a more open and inclusive media. Friend, At the end of May, we released our "Americans’ Opinions on Media, Technology and Democracy” poll. After poring over the results, one thing became clear: People across t…

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  Candace at Free Press Action · [email protected]

July 9, 2024 at 4:24 PM

Last month’s webinar

Free Press Action Will we see you next time? Friend, Last month, plenty of new and familiar faces joined us for an educational conversation on major Supreme Court cases concerning federal regulators and online content moderation. We’re sorry you couldn’t be there, but the goo…

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  Yanni at Free Press · [email protected]

July 2, 2024 at 2:23 PM

EXPLAINED: The Supreme Court’s reversal of the Chevron doctrine

Free Press What a disastrous Supreme Court ruling means for the FCC and Title II Friend, On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in two cases — Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce — reversed a bedrock principle of administrati…

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  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

June 30, 2024 at 1:08 PM

Our independence is way too important

Free Press Action Will you help fuel our work by midnight? Friend, Whether you’ve been following Free Press Action for a long time or just recently joined our movement, you may know that one of the biggest ways we fund our work is by lots of people chipping in whatever they can…

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  Free Press Action Team, Free Press · [email protected]

June 29, 2024 at 2:07 PM

FWD: Our poll findings are a call to action

Free Press Action Our plan for the policy solutions we need Friend, did you see Candace’s email from yesterday? A recent poll we commissioned revealed that an alarming number of Americans feel that our current media and tech ecosystem completely fails to meet their needs for accurate informa…

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  Candace at Free Press Action · [email protected]

June 28, 2024 at 8:37 PM

Our poll findings are a call to action

Free Press Action Your donation today helps us fight for the media system you deserve We need 72 donations before Sunday at midnight to help us fight for the media system you deserve in this critical election year. Will you donate today? Friend, here’s what we believe: I…

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  Jenna Ruddock, Free Press · [email protected]

June 26, 2024 at 5:08 PM

FWD: [RSVP] Supreme Court Report: A Free Press Action Webinar

Free Press Action RSVP now! Friend, Making sure you saw Yanni’s message yesterday! We’re looking forward to an urgent and thoughtful discussion tomorrow. Here are the details: WHAT: Supreme Court Report: A Free Press Action Webinar WHEN: TOMORROW, June 27, at 3:30 p.m. ET WHERE: Zoom with u…

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  Yanni at Free Press · [email protected]

June 25, 2024 at 11:04 PM

[RSVP] Supreme Court Report: A Free Press Action Webinar

Free Press Action Join us as we discuss everything we’re tracking at SCOTUS New major SCOTUS opinions: RSVP today for our webinar on Thurs., June 27. Friend, Amid a busy Supreme Court calendar with many high-profile rulings, Free Press Action is closely monitoring five…

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  Free Press Action Team, Free Press · [email protected]

June 24, 2024 at 9:38 PM

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Our June newsletter is out now!

Free Press Action Read about election misinformation, Juneteenth and so much more Welcome to the June 2024 edition of the Free Press Update, our newsletter recapping as much of our work from the last month as we can fit into one email. Let’s get into it: New Free Press Poll: …

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  Free Press · [email protected]

June 18, 2024 at 6:49 PM

FWD: We won’t let Comcast win

Free Press Making sure you saw Candace’s email re: a court challenge to Net Neutrality Friend, AT&T, Charter, Comcast and Verizon are taking Net Neutrality to court. And we’re not going to let them win. Read Candace’s email below about the court challenge to the strong open-internet pr…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

June 17, 2024 at 10:37 PM

We won’t let Comcast win

Free Press The court challenges to Net Neutrality are here Net Neutrality is under attack in the courts. Donate to help us fight back >> Here we go, friend: In April, we celebrated a huge victory when the FCC restored its jurisdiction over internet service provid…

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

June 12, 2024 at 4:07 PM

Survey says …

Free Press Our shared priorities Friend, Last week, we sent out a survey asking Free Press supporters like you which issues you care most about — and whether you’ve encountered disinformation and misleading content about the upcoming elections. The response was overwhelming: M…

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  Free Press Action Team, Free Press · [email protected]

June 10, 2024 at 5:36 PM

FWD: Petition: The Fourth Amendment is not for sale!

Free Press Action We don’t see your name on this urgent petition Friend, did you see Jenna’s message? Right now it’s LEGAL for law-enforcement agencies like the FBI to buy your online data — including your location and search history — without a warrant. The Senate can close this loophole …

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  Jenna Ruddock, Free Press · [email protected]

June 7, 2024 at 10:24 PM

Petition: The Fourth Amendment is not for sale!

Free Press Action Time is of the essence Tell Senate leadership: Protect our Fourth Amendment right to privacy! Friend, as you read this email, government officials are buying our data from private companies that gather and sell unprecedented amounts of sensitive informat…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

June 5, 2024 at 6:07 PM

FWD: [Survey] Your opinion matters

Free Press It’s not too late to take our survey! Friend, ICYMI: Free Press is proud to release the findings from our nationwide public-opinion poll — but we still want to hear from you. Will you take our Summer Priorities Survey now? We’re closing the survey this Sunday at midnight, so do…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

June 4, 2024 at 6:33 PM

[Survey] Your opinion matters

Free Press We’d love to hear from you Your response requested: Take the Free Press Summer Priorities Survey >> Friend, 2024 has been a momentous year for our movement. In a huge victory that Free Press had a hand in, we’ve already seen the Federal Communications Co…

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  Kimberly Longey, Free Press · [email protected]

May 31, 2024 at 6:10 PM

Last day of the month

Free Press Action Update on tonight’s goal Friend, today is the last day of the month. That means your inbox is probably flooded with fundraising emails. (Ours are too.) But we want to be transparent: We’re still 26 donations short of our goal, and anything you can give by midnig…

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  Brenda Rivas, Free Press · [email protected]

May 30, 2024 at 4:18 PM

The impact of your donation

Free Press Action What your support makes possible Friend, Today, I’m asking you to make your very first gift to Free Press Action of $5 or any amount by midnight tomorrow. Here’s why: $5 will fuel our work to hold tech platforms like Google, Meta, TikTok and Twitter accoun…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

May 29, 2024 at 10:08 PM

Free speech and press freedom go hand in hand

Free Press Action These are necessary, urgent fights — now more than ever Friend, Earlier this month, we celebrated World Press Freedom Day, a day that recognizes the journalists worldwide who expose wrongdoing, challenge power and seek the truth. It couldn’t have been more rel…

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  Free Press Action Team, Free Press · [email protected]

May 28, 2024 at 8:24 PM

Help us protect public media and your data privacy

Free Press Action Important updates as the month comes to a close Friend, what a month! FIRST: We celebrated the Federal Communications Commission’s announcement of nearly $200 million in fines against AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for illegally sharing customers' locat…

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  Free Press · [email protected]

May 24, 2024 at 4:46 PM

FWD: Send a text to 78748

Free Press Quick and easy Friend, If you like how short this email is, you’ll love getting texts from us. Text “Summer” to 78748 to sign up now! Talk to you later, The Free Press team P.S. We typically text 1–2 times per week to connect you to blog posts, petitions, opportunities to call …

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

May 23, 2024 at 10:53 PM

Send a text to 78748

Free Press Get our updates via text! Friend, Spend a lot of time in front of a screen? Maybe a few screens? Believe me, I get it. If you’re anything like me, you probably have strong opinions about which activities go with which screen. Paying bills, attending Zoom meetings, d…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

May 20, 2024 at 5:32 PM

ICYMI: Data and Dissent

Free Press Action Will we see you next time? Friend, Last week, plenty of new and familiar faces joined us for a stimulating conversation on the state of protest rights and press freedom on university campuses. This is the first webinar that Free Press Action is rolling out this…

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  The Free Press Team · [email protected]

May 19, 2024 at 4:26 PM

📰Get up to speed on all things Free Press in our May newsletter!

Free Press Action Read about the fight to defend public media and so much more Welcome to the May 2024 edition of the Free Press Update, our newsletter recapping as much of our work from the last month as we can fit into one email. Let’s get into it: What Free Press Action Co-C…

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  Jenna Ruddock, Free Press · [email protected]

May 15, 2024 at 7:16 PM

FWD: [RSVP] Escalating use of force

Free Press Action RSVP now! Friend, Making sure you saw Nora’s message yesterday! We are looking forward to an urgent and thoughtful discussion tomorrow. Here are the details: WHAT: Data and Dissent: Navigating Your Right to Protest Amid Government Surveillance WHEN: TOMORROW, May 16, at 1 …

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

May 14, 2024 at 9:44 PM

Escalating use of force

Free Press Action Join us as we navigate protest rights in the surveillance age Friend, Freedom of expression and the ability for communities to join together in solidarity and action are essential tools for democracy. But far too often, these tactics face threats of repression …

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  Alex Frandsen, FreePress.net · [email protected]

May 13, 2024 at 4:33 PM

EXPLAINED: How state legislatures are trying to support local journalism

Free Press Action Local communities need local news Friend, When it comes to local journalism, we're already familiar with the bad news — layoffs, newsroom closures and corporate consolidation. But I'm happy to report that the movement to build a new future for local news and c…

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  Free Press Action Team, Free Press · [email protected]

May 10, 2024 at 6:36 PM

FWD: These rickety claims

Free Press Action Making sure you saw Craig’s email re: attacks on public media Friend, we’ve seen this movie before: Conservative members of Congress are once again launching highly partisan attempts to root out alleged “bias” at NPR and PBS — and threatening to slash funding that supports p…

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  Craig Aaron, Free Press · [email protected]

May 9, 2024 at 10:13 PM

These rickety claims

Free Press Action What I told Congress yesterday Friend, Yesterday, I testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee seeking evidence of so-called “left-wing bias” at NPR. As I told members of Congress, I do not represent NPR, PBS or the Corporation for Public Broadc…

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