Franken: First Time FCC Has Allowed Discrimination On The Internet
Senator Al Franken calls the fight for net neutrality, the First Amendment fight of this generation.
View ArticleEffect, Cause, White Stripes, Rep Edwards And Indy Media
Representative Donna Edwards (D-Maryland) tells journalists she left Republicans scratching their heads last week when she quoted lyrics from a White Stripes song on the House of Representatives floor.
View ArticleRep. Markey To GOP: HANDS OFF THE INTERNET
Representative Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) delivers a fiery speech to journalists gathered at the National Conference For Media Reform in Boston. He says Republicans in Congress are trying to shut down...
View ArticleFree and Open Internet a Non-partisan Issue
At the National Conference for Media Reform, the UpTake's Sam Mayfield spoke with Craig Aaron, the new CEO of Free Press, who says he entered this line of work because he cares deeply about journalism...
View ArticleCorporate America Has Co-opted Weak and Complicit Fourth Estate
Speaking at his last National Conference for Media Reform as CEO, Josh Silver said that "after 40 years of methodical and well-organized organizing and financing, the largest corporations and...
View ArticleStart Looking at Cell Phones as Political Devices
At the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston last weekend, Tim Karr of Free Speech told The UpTake's Sam Mayfield that we should start looking at cell phones as political devices.
View ArticleNetflix Facebook App Would Be Legal In US
Netflix's top lawyer tries to convince a US Senate committee that laws need to be changed so it can offer a video sharing app on Facebook. A University of Minnesota Law Professor says that's not so.
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Franken: We Face A “Frightening Choice” On Internet
Click to PlaySenator Al Franken speaks with The UpTake’s Jacob Wheeler in Minneapolis prior to his addressing the FCC hearing on net neutrality, August 19, 2010Full video of the FCC hearing can be...
View ArticleListening, But Evangelizing A Neutral Internet
FCC Commissioners Michael Copps, Mignon Clyburn and Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie share similar opinions about the Internet. They all see it as a vital part of communications and free...
View ArticleInternet Disaster if No Neutrality Says Al Franken
By Bill SoremMinnesota Senator Al Franken drew on his long experience with network television and his concern for all people to predict disaster for the internet as we know it unless the FCC takes...
View ArticleCommunity Panel at Net Neutrality Hearing
A community panel about net neutrality with Laura Waterman Wittstock of First Person Radio on KFAI, Chris Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and Chaka Mkali of HOPE Community & hip...
View ArticleWhat If Net Neutrality Fails?
By Bill SoremInterviews with participants in the Minneapolis FCC hearing on net Neutrality share concerns for public good if the FCC is not empowered to regulate the internet as it does other...
View ArticlePeople Share Different Concerns About Net Neutrality
By Bill SoremCitizens attending the FCC Net Neutrality Hearing in Minneapolis, August 19, 2010, share opinions and reactions to the internet as it now exists and what it should be. Some fear repeat of...
View ArticleInternet At Critical Juncture – Freepress CEO Josh Silver
By Bill Sorem Freepress CEO Josh Silver outlines pitfalls and hopes for internet. Silver was in Minneapolis, August 19, 2010 organizing the FCC hearing on net neutrality with commissioners Clyburn and...
View ArticleSen. Klobuchar, FCC Chair Differ On Enthusiasm For Net Neutrality
By Bill Sorem Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski headlined a summit on FCC Broadband at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, August 24, 2010. The audience was...
View ArticleMozilla On Keeping The Web Open
With Firefox, technologists around the world pitched in to break the Microsoft browser monopoly and re-spark innovation on the web. Now, Mozilla is encouraging media makers to pitch in too. The plan:...
View ArticleWikileaks Supporters Say US Is “Shooting The Messenger”
Cold four-degree temperatures didn’t chill the free speech in Minneapolis tonight. But supporters of Wikileaks say US Government actions against Wikileaks will chill free speech. The group is...
View ArticleFranken: FCC Net Neutrality Plan “Flawed”
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make significant changes to its proposal on net neutrality before it votes tomorrow. Friday on the Senate floor,...
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Franken Calls Net Neutrality Action “Inadequate”
One of the Senate’s chief supporters of net neutrality, Senator Al Franken, finds fault with the new FCC Internet regulations.Franken issued a statement after today’s FCC vote saying:“The FCC’s action...
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Free Press: FCC Net Neutrality Order a ‘Squandered Opportunity’
By a 3-2 vote Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission approved new rules intended to prevent Internet providers such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from acting as gatekeepers on the Web. The...
View ArticleSen. Franken On Gov. Dayton, Net Neutrality
Senator Al Franken talks about the parallels and differences between the political situation in Washington, DC and Minnesota.He also says the Net Neutrality rules adopted by the FCC don’t go far...
View ArticleVideo:Obama Urges FCC To Adopt Rules Protecting Net Neutrality
President Obama is asking the Federal Communications Commission to change the classification of the Internet to a telecommunications service…which is a wonky way of saying he wants them to protect net...
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Video Replay & Transcript: Obama In Iowa To Promote Faster Broadband
President Obama speaks in Cedar Falls, Iowa to preview his proposal to lower the cost of broadband internet access in the United States and make it faster.Cedar Falls, Iowa is one of the few places in...
View ArticleOnline Protest Supports Net Neutrality
After winning the battle for open Internet rules two years ago, net neutrality advocates are hoping a wave of public comments can help them keep the rules in place. Net Neutrality Day of Action this...
View ArticleLocal Coops Help Keep Internet Under Public Control As Net Neutrality Repeal...
The Federal Communications Commission says it will vote Dec. 14 to repeal net neutrality. Critics say that decision would enrich giant telecommunications companies and put them in charge of what people...
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