Dana FlobergHow to Report on the Digital Divide & COVID-19Right now an affordable internet connection can be the difference between being employed and unemployed, healthy or sick, connected with…Apr 1, 2020Apr 1, 2020
Dana FlobergDisconnected During a Pandemic: Why ISPs Must Do Even MoreAs our communities retreat into quarantine, isolation and social distancing to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the…Apr 1, 2020Apr 1, 2020
Dana FloberginFree PressThe Digital Divide Promises to Skew Census ResultsWhen the digital divide keeps poor families and people of color offline, who counts?Feb 10, 2020Feb 10, 2020
Dana FloberginFree PressStudy Inadvertently Proves Need for Lower Broadband PricesThis week, the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research released a working paper analyzing the impact of Comcast’s Internet…Feb 7, 2020Feb 7, 2020
Dana FloberginFree PressWhy a Court Rejected the FCC’s Attempt to Destroy Local MediaThe Third Circuit Court of Appeals just threw out — for the fourth time — the FCC’s bad-faith attempt to slash its media-ownership rules.Oct 11, 2019Oct 11, 2019
Dana FloberginFree PressThe Truth About the Digital DivideAt the outset of their recent Op-Ed , Blair Levin and Larry Downes reject federal policymakers’ singular focus on promoting rural…Sep 26, 2019Sep 26, 2019
Dana FlobergMerger Lies Should Haunt SinclairGrave concerns about the Sinclair Broadcast Group’s dishonesty live on, and should haunt the nation’s largest owner of local-TV stations…Apr 11, 2019Apr 11, 2019
Dana FlobergSeattle Study Shows How Pervasive the Digital Divide IsSeattle just released a new study examining broadband adoption that made two things perfectly clear:Mar 13, 2019Mar 13, 2019
Dana FlobergTitle II Is the Best Way to Protect the Internet. Period.Last week, Free Press VP of Strategy and Senior Counsel Jessica J. González testified in Congress about the importance of restoring real…Feb 22, 2019Feb 22, 2019
Dana FlobergSo Many New Lawmakers Love Net NeutralityOn Thursday, the 116th Congress was sworn in, featuring more people of color and women than any other first-term class in our nation’s…Feb 15, 2019Feb 15, 2019