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These are the core issues in the fight for the right to speak out, effect change, stay informed and keep our communities safe.
Free Press is working to protect the free and open internet, make broadband affordable and ensure communities can communicate during disasters.
The First Amendment protects everyone’s freedom and free expression. And we must defend it.
Hate and disinformation are proliferating on both traditional media and social-media platforms — endangering the lives of people of color, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, immigrants and religious minorities.
When giant out-of-touch corporations own the news, the stories of people of color and other communities go untold. We fight to hold these companies accountable, defend press freedom, strengthen local journalism and protect public and community media.
Powerful corporations want to decide what you’re able to watch, listen to, read and share. And runaway media consolidation among news organizations has squashed diverse, local and independent voices, leaving us in the dark about important developments in our communities.
Corporations are pushing to embed new data-intensive technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) into every facet of our daily lives.
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