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With Millions of Students Cut Off Digitally, Coronavirus Pandemic Bolsters Demand to Treat Internet as Public Utility
Eight-year-old Indi Pineau, a 3rd grader in Jeffco Public Schools, works on doing her first day of online learning in her room at her family's home on March 17, 2020 in Lakewood, Colorado.
With Nation Focused on Coronavirus, Rights Groups Warn Senate Against Handing Trump 'Terrifying' Spy Powers
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Protesters carried signs at a march against mass surveillance on Oct. 26, 2013 in Washington, D.C.
"It's unthinkable to extend these spying powers to the same agencies that have so often sidestepped safeguards and ignored Americans' fundamental privacy rights."
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'This Merger Is a Monopolistic Disaster': Consumer Groups Decry Approval of T-Mobile/Sprint Deal
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
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"Expect prices to rise and service to suffer," warned Public Citizen.
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Expert Says Senate Democrats' Sweeping Online Privacy Bill Answers Public Demand for 'Transformative Shift'
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"The Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act gives consumers meaningful rights,...
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Democrats' New Online Privacy Bill Heralded as Chance to Build 'Alternative Road to a Digital Future'
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Hundreds of Facebook Employees to CEO Zuckerberg: 'Free Speech and Paid Speech Are Not the Same Thing'
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As Zuckerberg Defends False Trump Ads as Free Expression, Critics Say Facebook's Assault on 'Foundations of Democracy' Must Be Stopped
New York Attorney General Letitia James
Critics Warn 'Consumers Will Pay the Price' After GOP-Controlled FCC Approves T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
'Does Anyone Think That's a Bad Thing?': Leaked Audio Suggests Warren Vow to Break Up Facebook Has Zuck Spooked
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai
In 'Tremendous Victory for the Public,' Federal Appeals Court Quashes FCC Attempt to Weaken Media Ownership Rules
Targeting PATRIOT Act Provision, Rights Groups Urge House Dems to Block NSA From Collecting Americans' Phone Records
As Trump's FCC Chair Tries to Ram Through Sprint/T-Mobile Merger, Expert Says Claims It Will Benefit Consumers 'Approximately 0% True'
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Trump DOJ Denounced for Approving 'Anti-Competitive, Anti-Consumer' Merger of Sprint and T-Mobile
Australian journalist Annika Smethurst had her home raided Tuesday by police.
'Outrageous': Police Raid Home of Aussie Journalist Who Reported on Secret Domestic Spying Program
Placards and messages in support of Julian Assange
'This Is About Attacking Journalism,' Warn Press Freedom Defenders as Trump DOJ Hits Assange With New Espionage Charges
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference
Trump's FCC Chair Accused of Betraying Public Interest Mandate by Backing T-Mobile/Sprint Mega-Merger

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