FREE PRESS ACTION FUND
PO BOX 60238, FLORENCE, MA 01062 www.freepress.net

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Organizations Filed Purposes: FREE PRESS ACTION FUND FIGHTS FOR YOUR RIGHTS TO CONNECT AND COMMUNICATE. WE FIGHT TO SAVE THE FREE AND OPEN INTERNET, CURB RUNAWAY MEDIA CONSOLIDATION, PROTECT PRESS FREEDOM, AND PROMOTE DIGITAL CIVIL RIGHTS. WE BELIEVE THAT CHANGE HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A REAL VOICE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS. TO THAT END, WE MOBILIZE OUR GROWING BASE OF ACTIVISTS TO SIGN PETITIONS, MEET WITH THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND ATTEND RALLIES AND TOWN-HALL MEETINGS, TO LOBBY IN SUPPORT OF POLICIES THAT SERVE THEIR INTERESTS AND AGAINST THOSE THAT DON'T. WE ARE ACTIVE IN ALL EFFORTS TO EXPOSE THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC POLICY ON THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US, INCLUDING PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.

FREE PRESS ACTION FUND IS A NATIONAL, NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION WORKING TO REFORM THE MEDIA. FREE PRESS ACTION FUND EDUCATES ITS MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON HOW A DIVERSE AND PUBLIC SERVICE-ORIENTED MEDIA SYSTEM CAN STRENGTHEN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

INTERNET FREEDOM - ADVOCATED FOR EXPANDED BROADBAND ACCESS FOR HOUSEHOLDS STRUGGLING TO AFFORD HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC. ISSUED A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF POLICIES TO CONNECT AND KEEP PEOPLE ONLINE DURING AND BEYOND THE CRISIS. LOBBIED FOR BROADBAND RELATED FUNDING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CARES ACT, HEROES ACT AND THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021. CONTINUED EFFORTS TO REINSTATE NET NEUTRALITY RULES AND FCC BROADBAND AUTHORITY TO RESTORE A FREE AND OPEN INTERNET THAT SAFEGUARDS CONSUMER RIGHTS AND SPURS INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION. SUPPORTED VARIOUS STATE EFFORTS TO PROMULGATE NET NEUTRALITY LEGISLATION. SUPPORTED RETENTION OF FCC'S LIFELINE PROGRAM AND CONDUCTED EDUCATION ON THE FCC'S EFFORTS EFFORTS TO DISMANTLE THE LIFELINE PROGRAM.

GOVERNMENT/PLATFORM ACCOUNTABILITY - EDUCATED CONGRESSIONAL STAFF ON THE PATRIOT ACT HARMS, ESPECIALLY FROM DISPARATE TARGETING OF ACTIVISTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. URGED CONGRESS TO DEFUND POLICE SURVEILLANCE AND STOP SPYING ON THE RACIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT. OPPOSED REAUTHORIZATION OF THE US PATRIOT ACT. PROPOSED NUMEROUS PUBLIC POLICIES THAT WOULD PROTECT PRIVACY AND CENTER CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS. WORKED WITH PRIVATE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO ENFORCE EXISTING TERMS OF SERVICE. PROMOTED TERMS OF SERVICE POLICIES TO CURB ONLINE HATE WHILE PRESERVING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PROTECTING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY SPEAK OUT AGAINST GOVERNMENTAL OR SOCIETAL ISSUES. CALLED ON SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO CONFRONT ELECTION DISINFORMATION, CALLS TO VIOLENCE AND RACIST HATE SPEECH ON THEIR PLATFORMS. IDENTIFIED MISINFORMATION AND HARMFUL PROPOSALS CONCERNING SECTION 230 AND CALLED TO SHIFT PUBLIC DEBATE AROUND CONTENT MODERATION ISSUES. OPPOSED UNCONSTITUTIONAL EXECUTIVE ORDER SEEKING TO CONTROL SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES.

PRESS FREEDOM - ORGANIZED A COALITION OF 50 SOCIAL JUSTICE AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS WITH A GUIDE TO AVOID THE HAZARDS OF 2020 ELECTION REPORTING. PROMOTED A SET OF BEST PRACTICES FOR COVERING THREATS TO SAFETY AND DEMOCRACY AHEAD OF THE 2020 ELECTION. FILED AN EMERGENCY PETITION FOR INQUIRY ON BROADCAST MISINFORMATION ON COVID-19 WITH THE FCC. ADVOCATED FOR CONTINUATION OF FCC RULES THAT PROHIBITS ONE COMPANY FROM CONTROLLING BROADCAST AND NEWSPAPER OUTLETS IN A GIVEN MARKET. DEMANDED NATIONAL DECISION-MAKERS AND ALL 50 GOVERNORS TO SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM AS A PART OF COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORTS. CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE NEW JERSEY CIVIC INFORMATION CONSORTIUM'S EFFORTS TO INVEST IN PROJECTS TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE, COMMUNITY INFORMATION, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. PROMOTED POLICIES THAT WILL BOOST MEDIA OWNERSHIP AMONG WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL MEDIA OWNERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO ACTUALLY SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES. DEFENDED A FREE PRESS AND URGED PROTECTIONS FOR JOURNALISTS.

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