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A broad and multipartisan coalition of civil-society groups, leading First Amendment and media policy scholars and litigators called on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to stop using the “public interest” standard and “news distortion” rules as political weapons to silence viewpoints that President Donald Trump doesn't like.

On June 6, 2025, mere hours after Elon Musk started his tweet war with the president, the Commerce Department released its long-awaited revisions to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. This $42 billion broadband-deployment plan was part of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that Congress passed in November 2021.

In April 2024, Free Press released a report on social-media companies’ commitments to 2024 election integrity. We analyzed 12 major technology companies’ readiness to address political disinformation, manipulation and hate on their networks. Free Press scored the companies’ responses (or lack thereof) as either “Adequate,” “Partial,” “Insufficient” or “Fail.” Now, less than a week before Election Day, Free Press has revisited and updated its April analysis.

On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a bedrock principle of administrative law called the Chevron doctrine. The vehicle was an opinion for two cases, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce.

People expect unfettered and affordable access to communication services—and a media system that provides accurate news and information. A significant and bipartisan majority of Americans want to make sure their communications and internet activity are private, and do not want to see discrimination or intentionally false information online. Free Press Action's policy platform is a guide for candidates and policymakers seeking to uphold their constituents’ rights to connect and communicate and is supported by our members across the country, including in every state and territory.