Blog Posts

December 5, 2025: Resisting Censorship: Why We Took a Stand at the FCBA Dinner

September 22, 2025: The Latest Trump-NYT Defamation Suit is to Silence Speech, not Make Journalism Better

September 15, 2025: The Censorship Alarm Is Ringing in the Wrong Direction

August 14, 2025: Is Colbert Really Losing $40 Million? 

June 27, 2025: Update: The FTC’s Consent Order in the Omnicom Ad Agency Merger Misses the Point

June 27, 2025: Is Free Speech the New Price of Merger Approval from the FTC? 

April 7, 2025: The Mysterious Case of the Chair of the F(icticious) C(haos) C(lub)

February 12, 2025: “Censorship”: President Trump keeps using this word, but I do not think it means what he thinks it means

Press Releases

October 29, 2025: Public Knowledge Senior Vice President Harold Feld To Testify Before Senate Commerce Subcommittee on First Amendment Freedoms

October 8, 2025: Public Knowledge Joins 21 Public Interest Groups Urging FCC To Defend First Amendment, Rule of Law

September 18, 2025: Public Knowledge Condemns Censorship of Jimmy Kimmel

July 25, 2025: FCC Formally Approves Paramount Global/Skydance Media Merger in Deal Likely To Harm Consumers, Free Press 

July 18, 2025: President Trump’s Rescissions Package Threatens Free Press

July 2, 2025: Public Knowledge Condemns CBS 60 Minutes Settlement with President Trump as Attack on Press Freedoms

May 21, 2025: Public Knowledge Refutes “Censorship” Claims, Urges FTC To Protect Consumers and Competition

May 16, 2025: Public Knowledge Warns $34.5 Billion Cox/Charter Merger Might Be Weaponized 

April 25, 2025: Public Knowledge Defends FCC Independence in First Circuit Amicus Brief

March 18, 2025: Public Knowledge Condemns Trump’s Lawless Attack on FTC Independence

Other Public Knowledge Content

July 28, 2025: Comments to FTC on Omnicom-IPG Merger

April 21, 2025: Group Amicus Brief on FCC Independence

April 9, 2025: Perkins Coie Amicus Brief

March 7, 2025: Public Knowledge Joins Nearly 20 Groups Urging FCC Chairman Carr To Defend Free Expression, Media Freedom 

Key Media and Opinions

May 21, 2025: The Conservative Political Playbook Driving the FTC Platform Censorship Inquiry (Tech Policy Press)

May 20, 2025: What Does Research Tell Us About Technology Platform “Censorship”? (Tech Policy Press)

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Blog Posts

September 22, 2025: Is There a Middle Ground in the Tug of War Between News Publishers and AI Firms? Part 2: Framing Solutions

September 22, 2025: Is There a Middle Ground in the Tug of War Between News Publishers and AI Firms? Part 1: Framing the Problem

May 5, 2025: Digital Replicas, Part III: Evaluating Legislative Proposals

October 21, 2024: Digital Replicas, Part II: Guidelines for Addressing Harms

October 21, 2024: Digital Replicas, Part I: Defining the Harms

March 18, 2024: “Lies All the Way Down” – Combating 2024 Election Disinformation

February 27, 2024: Challenging Big Tech in the Age of AI

January 25, 2024: Celebs: They’re Just Like Us! (Or Might Be, Under These New Anti-Deepfake Bills)

January 9, 2024: The Top Reasons the JCPA Won’t Save Local News — Including from AI

August 14, 2023: Hey, That’s My Voice! – The Significance of the Right of Publicity in the Age of Generative AI

August 7, 2023: Lies, Damn Lies, and Generative Artificial Intelligence: How GAI Automates Disinformation and What We Should Do About It

June 29, 2023: AI Policy and the Uncanny Valley Freakout

May 11, 2023: Generative AI is Disruptive, But More Copyright Isn’t the Answer.

April 7, 2023: AI Doesn’t Need to Move Fast and Break Things

March 8, 2023: Sorry Sydney: Generative AI Doesn’t (and Shouldn’t) Have a Liability Shield

Press Releases

January 25, 2024: Public Knowledge Commends FTC Move To Investigate Big Tech, AI Partnerships

November 8, 2023: Public Knowledge President and CEO Chris Lewis Testifies Before Senate AI Insights Forum on Privacy and Liability

October 30, 2023: Public Knowledge Applauds White House Executive Order To Safeguard AI Development

Other Public Knowledge Content

March 15, 2025: 2025 Artificial Intelligence Action Plan Comments

March 14, 2025: Public AI Letter on National AI Action Plan

February 25, 2025: AI and Competition (One Pager)

February 25, 2025: AI and Digital Replicas (One Pager) 

February 25, 2025: AI and Disinformation (One Pager)

February 25, 2025: AI and Personality Rights (One Pager)

November 12, 2024: Comments in Response to DOE Request for Information on FASST

October 28, 2024: Public AI: Infrastructure for the Common Good

October 21, 2024: Coalition Letter to Congress Opposing NO FAKES Act

March 27, 2024: Final NTIA Comments on Widely Available Model Weights

February 2, 2024: NIST Comments on AI Executive Order

November 15, 2023: The Intersection of Federal Privacy Legislation & AI Governance

November 8, 2023: Chris Lewis Senate AI Insights Forums Testimony on Privacy and Liability

October 30, 2023 : USCO AI and Copyright Comments

August 1, 2023: Reply Comments to PCAST on Generative AI

July 7, 2023: Reply Comments to OSTP on Artificial Intelligence

June 12, 2023: NTIA AI Accountability Reply Comments

May 17, 2023: Opening Remarks at the “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence” Listening Session

Key Media and Opinions

October 21, 2024: Vote Yes On Locking Artist’s Voices In Contractual Seashells Like The Little Mermaid (Fight for the Future)

August 19, 2024: NO FAKES – A Dream for Lawyers, a Nightmare for Everyone Else (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

October 31, 2023: Artificial Intelligence and the Path Forward for Technology Policy (Harvard Advanced Leadership)

October 24, 2023: The Future of AI Is GOMA (The Atlantic)

August 8, 2023: AI companies try to self-regulate (Politico)

July 28, 2023: AI Regulation Roundup: Where Are We Now? (Net Caucus)

June 6, 2023: AI’s steep costs are already triggering competition concerns (Washington Post)

May 23, 2023: Generative AI tools like ChatGPT could test bounds of tech liability shield (The Hill)

May 11, 2023: Musicians Are Already Using AI More Often Than We Think (Pitchfork)

May 10, 2023: Frank Ocean fans are getting scammed with fake AI-generated songs (The Verge)

May 1, 2023: Drake’s AI clone is here — and Drake might not be able to stop him (The Verge)

January 17, 2023: Nick Cave says ChatGPT’s AI attempt to write Nick Cave lyrics ‘sucks’ (BBC)

External Resources

October 21, 2024: Take Action: Stop Little Mermaid Bills from Stealing Artists’ Voices! (Fight for the Future)

January 18, 2024: Enabling Creativity: A Panel on AI, Art, and Copyright (Chamber of Progress panel)

October 4, 2023: CC Global Summit 2023 Day 1 Plenary Panel: AI & Copyright (Creative Commons panel)

October 15, 2023: Generative Artificial Intelligence and The Future of Creativity (Movement for a Better Internet)

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Blog Posts

August 25, 2025: After the Sixth Circuit, What’s Next for Broadband Oversight?

April 24, 2024: How the FCC Can Safeguard Broadband Affordability Initiatives Without Rate Regulation

January 17, 2024: Twitch Shuts Down in South Korea: A Reminder of Why We Fight For Net Neutrality

April 27, 2023: The EU’s “Fair Share” Proposal Is a Threat to Net Neutrality Everywhere

May 13, 2021: (“No Cap”): The Truth about Data Caps and Zero-Rating

April 9, 2021: No, California Net Neutrality Law Did Not “Nail” Veterans — Carriers Are Using Vets as Pawns

March 15, 2021: We Already Knew Broadband Should Be A Public Utility. The Pandemic Made It Obvious.

October 27, 2020: FCC Gives Broadband Providers Carte Blanche to Ignore Public Interest

June 3, 2020: AT&T is Reminding Us Why the Video Marketplace Was Traditionally Highly Regulated

December 10, 2019: Two Years Later, Broadband Providers Are Still Taking Advantage of An Internet Without Net Neutrality Protections

October 2, 2019: What’s Next for Net Neutrality

June 11, 2019: Net Neutrality: Not New, But More Important Than Ever

January 29, 2019: Broadband Providers Are Quietly Taking Advantage of an Internet Without Net Neutrality Protections

December 4, 2018: Chairman Pai Isn’t Stopping Robocalls — He’s Empowering Carriers to Block Your Text Messages

April 23, 2018: Net Neutrality Does Not End Today. We Still Don’t Know When It Will. This Is Unusual.

April 12, 2018: House Commerce Takes on Paid Prioritization, an Essential Tenet to the Open Internet

July 19, 2017: Net Neutrality: The Social Justice Issue of Our Time

July 18, 2017: Net Neutrality Challenges in the World: Zero-Rating in the European Union

July 10, 2017: ISP Protests of Title II Make It Clear That We Need the Current Rules

June 13, 2017: There Is No Loophole in the Net Neutrality Rules

May 25, 2017: The FCC is Trying to Kill The Open Internet – What That Means and How to Stop It

May 17, 2017: Small but Powerful: Despite Objections, Small ISPs Need Net Neutrality Too

May 8, 2017: The Truth About Net Neutrality and Infrastructure Investment

May 5, 2017: Fact-Checking ISPs’ Claims of Support for Net Neutrality

April 26, 2017: We Need Title II Protections in the Uncompetitive Broadband Market

April 11, 2017: Line-by-line, We Corrected the Record on Broadband Privacy and Net Neutrality

July 20, 2016: T-Mobile’s Zero-Rating of Pokémon GO Raises Questions for the Open Internet

February 26, 2016: Happy Birthday Net Neutrality! Where Do We Stand One Year Later?

December 3, 2015: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Oral Arguments for Yet Another Appeal of FCC Open Internet Rule

December 2, 2015: Net Neutrality in Court This Week: The Story of How We Got Here

June 23, 2015: The First Net Neutrality Complaint Under The 2015 Rules Is Likely To Lose, And That’s A Good Thing.

June 16, 2015: Net Neutrality Litigation: Round 1 Goes To the FCC

May 26, 2015: “Stay With Me”: ISPs Head to Court to Fight New Net Neutrality Rules

April 28, 2015: USTA Supports Net Neutrality, Except When It Doesn’t

April 23, 2015: The Net Neutrality Saga: A Long-Expected Journey

March 24, 2015: First Round of Lawsuits Filed in Net Neutrality Case. Now What?

March 12, 2015: Today is FCC Net Neutrality Order Day! What Happens Now?

February 26, 2015: What Happens Now With Net Neutrality?

February 26, 2015: A Landmark Day for Net Neutrality

February 13, 2015: PK Experts Answer Your Burning Questions on Net Neutrality and Title II

February 12, 2015: I Just Called to Say I Love Title II

February, 2015: Title II is Not Net Neutrality, and Net Neutrality is Not Utility Regulation

October 2, 2014: Throwing Shade at Title II with Forbearance Fearmongering

September 25, 2014: Reliability Rather Than Rainbows: Why Strong Title II Remains the Best Option For an Open Internet

September 19, 2014: New African Declaration Highlights Net Neutrality, Spectrum and Access to Information Principles

September 10, 2014: Internet Slowdown Day and Net Neutrality

August 14, 2014: Hey T-Mobile: 2007 Called and it Wants its Net Neutrality Complaint Back

August 6, 2014: Putting the Open Internet Transparency Rule to the Test

May 16, 2014: How The FCC’s Proposed Fast Lanes Would Actually Work

May 15, 2014: 5 Reasons Why Internet Fast Lanes Can Never Make Sense

September 12, 2013: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Net Neutrality Oral Argument

September 9, 2013: What Happened At The Net Neutrality Oral Argument

May 10, 2013: FCC: This is What a Net Neutrality Violation Looks Like

January 15, 2013: AT&T Exempts Itself From Its Data Cap, Violates (at least) the Spirit of Net Neutrality

September 26, 2012: A Network Neutrality Meme That Will Not Go Away

March 27, 2012: Meanwhile, Back At The D.C. Circuit . . . . The Open Internet Litigation Plods Along.

March 26, 2012: Comcast Exempts Itself From Its Data Cap, Violates (at least the) Spirit of Net Neutrality

November 8, 2011: SOPA: Immunity for Net Neutrality Violations?

September 23, 2011: A Quick Guide For The Upcoming Net Neutrality Rules Challenge

June 30, 2011: Civil Society Walks Away From OECD Internet Policy Principles

January 26, 2011: sshh — Republicans Support Net Neutrality

December 21, 2010: The FCC Network Neutrality Order: Possible Adequacy, But No Regulatory Certainty Any Time Soon.

October 27, 2010: The Open Internet Under Assault

October 8, 2010: Sorry AT&T, Title II Would Not “Require” Paid Prioritization.

May 24, 2010: Congress Can Act, But Let The FCC Do Its Job

May 13, 2010: The Big Lie About The FCC’s Third Way To An Open Internet — (And a Dirty Little Secret)

April 28, 2010: Preempt State Broadband Reporting Requirements? Under What Authority?

April 26, 2010: No Houdinis Needed: FCC Should Take Direct Way to Broadband Authority

April 8, 2010: Comcast Sees The Downside To Winning Their Net Neutrality Case

April 6, 2010: The FCC Lacks the Authority to Protect Internet Users–Now What?

February 23, 2010: Connecting The Telecom Dots Behind ‘Net Neutrality’ (Hint: It’s About The Money)

February 1, 2010: Obama Not Backing Away From Net Neutrality

January 15, 2010: How to Preserve an Open Internet

January 14, 2010: Hey FCC: Don’t Sacrifice Network Neutrality to Content Owners

October 30, 2009: Crowdsourcing AT&T’s Anti-Net Neutrality Campaign

October 21, 2009: Canada Adopts Comcast/Bitorrent Standard For Network Management

September 21, 2009: The Open Internet Has A Great Day — But It’s Only Day 1

August 3, 2009: FCC and Congress Start Campaign For Open Internet

May 29, 2009: Obama Defends Net Neutrality; Is Anyone (Time Warner for example) Listening?

January 30, 2009: Some Middle Ground: How Cox Can Trust Its Customers, Control Congestion, and Preserve Net Neutrality

December 18, 2008: AT&T’s 4 Cents and the Wall Street Journal Link Broadband and Net Neutrality

September 19, 2008: What Will Comcast Do Today? First Compliance Check On Comcast/BitTorrent Order.

May 2, 2008: Why The ‘Right’ Gets Net Neutrality Wrong

April 22, 2008: Taking Net Neutrality to the Hill

April 14, 2008: Defining Net Neutrality Internationally

March 27, 2008: Comcast and BitTorrent: Together at Last? [Updated]

November 19, 2007: Right-to-Attach in Walled Gardens is Just As Important as Net Neutrality

August 8, 2007: AT&T Censors Pearl Jam — Another Reason for Net Neutrality

August 2, 2007: Will Sprint really embrace wireless net-neutrality?

June 28, 2007: FTC Net Neutrality Report Tortures Logic to Reach a Twisted Conclusion

April 11, 2007: Telephone Companies Behaving Badly — A Net Neutrality Warning

March 22, 2007: FCC Takes (Passive) Aggressive Action on Net Neutrality

February 16, 2007: The FTC Tackles Net Neutrality

October 4, 2006: Cable Ties Itself Up in Net Neutrality Knots

September 25, 2006: Attention K-Mart Shoppers: Avoid the Net Neutrality Aisle

September 22, 2006: Net Neutrality: Back to the Drawing Board

September 21, 2006: Pro-Net Neutrality Nuggets Are Buried in Verizon’s Poll

August 30, 2006: Net neutrality as better business standards

August 29, 2006: Spectrum and Net Neutrality Lessons from the FCC’s Recent Spectrum Auction

August 22, 2006: The Net Neutrality Ironies Facing the FTC

August 8, 2006: Net Neutrality, Before the Net

August 3, 2006: Net Neutrality Tool Misses the Point

July 17, 2006: Ringside at the Net Neutrality Smackdown

June 28, 2006: Network Neutrality, & “Internet Misrepresentation”

June 19, 2006: Get Your Net Neutrality Definitions Here!

June 14, 2006: What Matters Most about Network Neutrality

June 12, 2006: Net Neutrality in One Page – A Rebuttal

June 9, 2006: A New Net Neutrality Opening

June 9, 2006: After the Net Neutrality Vote

June 8, 2006: Net Rurality

June 6, 2006: Net Neutrality Nitty Gritty

Press Releases

July 24, 2025: Public Knowledge Rejects FCC Vote Undermining Agency Transparency, Accountability, and Public Input

July 17, 2025: Public Knowledge Joins 21 Groups Urging FCC Chairman Carr To Follow the Law, Stop Undermining Agency’s Power

June 17, 2025: Public Knowledge Congratulates Trusty on Confirmation, FCC Remains in Political Crisis

June 4, 2025: Public Knowledge Urges President, Senate To Preserve FCC’s Bipartisanship in New Nominations

April 25, 2025: Public Knowledge Defends FCC Independence in First Circuit Amicus Brief

March 7, 2025: Public Knowledge Joins Nearly 20 Groups Urging FCC Chairman Carr To Defend Free Expression, Media Freedom

January 2, 2025: Sixth Circuit Ruling on FCC Authority Threatens Consumer Protections and Open Internet

October 15, 2024: FCC Votes To Investigate Consumer Impact of Data Caps

April 25, 2024: Public Knowledge Applauds FCC Move Restoring Agency’s Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality Rules

April 3, 2024: FCC Set To Reinstate Title II Authority, Ensuring a Free and Open Internet

December 14, 2023: Public Knowledge Urges FCC To Reinstate Broadband Authority, Bring Back Net Neutrality Protections

October 19, 2023: FCC Moves To Reinstate Title II Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality Rules

September 26, 2023: FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Announces Plan To Reinstate Title II Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality Rules

September 7, 2023: Senate Votes To Confirm Anna Gomez as FCC Commissioner

July 12, 2023: Public Knowledge Urges Senate To Swiftly Approve FCC Nominees

October 26, 2022: Public Knowledge Urges Sen. Schumer To Confirm Consumer Champion Gigi Sohn to FCC

July 18, 2022: Public Knowledge Urges Congress To Swiftly Move New Net Neutrality Bill Forward

May 5, 2022: Internet Service Providers Drop California Net Neutrality Lawsuit, But Nationwide Rules Still Needed

April 20, 2022: Internet Users Score Major Victory as Ninth Circuit Upholds California Net Neutrality Case

January 28, 2022: Internet Users Score Major Victory as Appellate Court Upholds California Net Neutrality Rules

May 12, 2021: Public Knowledge Defends California’s Net Neutrality Protections at Federal Appeals Court

February 23, 2021: Public Knowledge Celebrates Net Neutrality Victory in California

February 8, 2021: Public Knowledge Petitions FCC to Begin Reconsidering Trump-Era Broadband Deregulation

October 6, 2020: FCC’s Approach to the D.C. Circuit’s Remand Fails to Promote the Public Interest

October 1, 2020: Public Knowledge Joins California Fight to Preserve State’s Net Neutrality Protections

April 20, 2020: Public Knowledge Files Comments on FCC’s Net Neutrality Public Notice

February 19, 2020: FCC Action on FCC Remand Fails to Take the Issues Seriously

February 6, 2020: Public Knowledge Responds to D.C. Circuit Refusal to Rehear Net Neutrality Case

December 19, 2019: Public Knowledge Applauds Governor Cuomo’s Proposal to Ensure Net Neutrality Protections for New Yorkers

December 13, 2019: Public Knowledge Files Petition for Rehearing of Net Neutrality Case Before D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

October 1, 2019: Public Knowledge Applauds D.C. Circuit Court Ruling Preventing FCC from Blocking State Net Neutrality Laws

June 11, 2019: Public Knowledge Urges Senate to Pass Save the Internet Act to Restore Net Neutrality

April 10, 2019: Public Knowledge Applauds House for Passing Save the Internet Act to Restore Net Neutrality

March 6, 2019: Public Knowledge Welcomes Consensus Markey-Doyle Bill to Restore Net Neutrality

February 7, 2019: Public Knowledge Opposes Net Neutrality Bills Weakening FCC’s Authority to Protect Consumers

February 1, 2019: Public Knowledge Tells D.C. Circuit FCC Illegally Repealed Net Neutrality

November 5, 2018: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Decision Upholding Net Neutrality Rules

October 1, 2018: Public Knowledge Welcomes California Bill Restoring Net Neutrality Protections

August 31, 2018: Public Knowledge Welcomes California Open Internet Bill to Restore Net Neutrality Protections

August 20, 2018: Public Knowledge Asks Appeals Court to Restore FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules

May 16, 2018: Senate Moves to Restore FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules for Consumers

May 9, 2018: Public Knowledge Supports Petition to Restore Net Neutrality Rules

February 27, 2018: Public Knowledge Urges Americans to Demand Congress Restore FCC Net Neutrality Rules

February 26, 2018: Ninth Circuit Decision Reaffirms FTC Jurisdiction, Need to Restore Net Neutrality Rules

February 22, 2018: Public Knowledge Challenges Reckless FCC Net Neutrality Rollback

January 16, 2018: Public Knowledge Files Protective Petition in D.C. Circuit Regarding Net Neutrality Rollback

December 14, 2017: FCC Abandons Consumer Protection Responsibility With Net Neutrality Repeal

December 11, 2017: Public Knowledge Calls FCC, FTC Net Neutrality Agreement ‘Honor System’ for Broadband

December 4, 2017: Public Interest Groups Urge FCC Chairman to Delay Net Neutrality Vote to Dismantle Rules

November 22, 2017: Public Knowledge Responds to FCC Chairman Pai’s Proposal to Gut Net Neutrality Rules

November 21, 2017: FCC Chairman Pai Moves to Strip Americans of Net Neutrality Protections

August 30, 2017: Public Knowledge Files FCC Reply Comments to Preserve Net Neutrality Rules

July 17, 2017: Public Knowledge Files FCC Comments to Preserve Net Neutrality Rules

July 12, 2017: Public Knowledge Partners with Major Websites and Public Interest Groups to Save the Internet

July 10, 2017: Public Knowledge Welcomes Major Websites to World’s Largest Online Protest to Save Net Neutrality

June 6, 2017: Public Knowledge Joins Amazon, Reddit, and Fight for the Future to Save Net Neutrality

May 18, 2017: Godfather Director to FCC Chairman Pai: Preserve Net Neutrality Rules for Arts Community

May 18, 2017: Public Knowledge Opposes FCC Chairman Pai’s Move to Kill Net Neutrality Rules

May 1, 2017: DC Circuit Court Upholds Open Internet Rules — Again

April 26, 2017: FCC Chairman Pai Announces Plan to Roll Back Net Neutrality Rules

July 29, 2016: Public Knowledge Responds to Trade Group Attempts to Reverse Net Neutrality Ruling

June 14, 2016: D.C. Circuit Affirms FCC’s Open Internet Rules, Protects Net Neutrality for Consumers

December 17, 2015: Public Knowledge Applauds FCC Inquiry Into Concerning Data Cap Practices of Comcast, Mobile Carriers

December 16, 2015: Congress Preserves Net Neutrality, FCC Authority in Omnibus Spending Agreement

December 4, 2015: Public Knowledge Defends Net Neutrality Rules in D.C. Circuit

November 10, 2015: Federal Circuit Protects Open Internet from Trade Agency Incursion in ClearCorrect v. ITC

October 16, 2015: Protect the Open Internet from Incursion by Trade Agency, Advocates Tell Administration

September 21, 2015: Public Knowledge, Allies File to Defend FCC Open Internet Rules in D.C. Circuit

July 30 , 2015: Public Knowledge Responds to Carriers’ Brief Targeting Net Neutrality

July 28. 2015: Public Knowledge Publishes Net Neutrality Paper Investigating Zero-Rating Practices

June 11, 2015: Public Knowledge Applauds Court’s Decision to Keep Net Neutrality Rules in Place

May 22, 2015: Public Knowledge Asks DC Circuit to Keep Net Neutrality Rules in Effect During Legal Challenge

May 8, 2015: Public Knowledge Applauds FCC Denial of Net Neutrality Stay

May 5, 2015: Public Knowledge Files Opposition to Petition for Stay on Net Neutrality

May 1, 2015: Public Knowledge Rejects Unfounded Industry Petitions Against Net Neutrality

April 22, 2015: Public Knowledge Goes to Court to Defend Net Neutrality

March 12, 2015: Public Knowledge Applauds FCC for Delivering Strong Open Internet Rules

February 26, 2015: Public Knowledge Commends FCC for Adopting Landmark Net Neutrality Rules

February 4, 2015: Public Knowledge Supports Chairman Wheeler’s Strong Net Neutrality Proposal

February 2, 2015: Reports Suggest Strong Net Neutrality Rules from FCC

December 2, 2014: GAO Report Highlights Problems With Data Caps

November 12, 2014: Public Knowledge Demands FCC Act Immediately on Title II Net Neutrality Rules

May 8, 2014: Public Knowledge Encouraged By FCC Recognition of Need for Meaningful Net Neutrality Rules

April 30, 2014: FCC Chairman Reiterates Net Neutrality Proposal at Cable Show

March 21, 2014: Public Knowledge Comments Tout Title II as Open Internet Protector

April 4, 2011: Public Knowledge Pleased Verizon Challenge To Net Neutrality Dismissed

November 5, 2010: Public Interest Groups Urge FCC To Act on Net Neutrality Policy

April 28, 2010: Public Knowledge Tells FCC Hearing Rules Needed To Protect Open Internet

October 22, 2009: ​​Public Knowledge Praises FCC Action on Net Neutrality

September 21, 2009: Public Knowledge Praises Genachowski For Net Neutrality Proposals

September 18, 2009: Public Knowledge Pleased With Net Neutrality Rulemaking

March 27, 2008: Public Knowledge Sees BitTorrent-Comcast Arrangement As Irrelevant

January 15, 2008: FCC Starts Triple Investigation of Carrier Internet Practices

October 19, 2007: Public Knowledge Says Comcast Internet Interference Shows Need For Net Neutrality Legislation

September 27, 2007: Verizon Blockage of Text Messages Shows Need for Net Neutrality

March 22, 2007: Public Knowledge Disappointed with FCC Broadband Notice of Inquiry

October 10, 2006: Public Knowledge Urges FCC To Protect Internet Freedom

Other Public Knowledge Content

Net Neutrality Issue Page

Tell Congress to Save Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality Timeline

Net Neutrality FCC Reply Comments (Jan. 2024)

Net Neutrality FCC Comments (Dec. 2023)

How Title II Helps Fight Digital Discrimination (Factsheet)

How Title II Promotes a Competitive, Affordable Broadband Market (Factsheet)

How Title II Strengthens National Security and Public Safety (Factsheet)

How Title II Protects Online Privacy (Factsheet)

How Title II Helps Close the Digital Divide by Supporting Universal Service for All (Factsheet)

How Title II Supports Internet Reliability, Quality, and Resilience for All (Factsheet)

How Title II Helps Lower Broadband Costs for Consumers in Multiple Tenant Environments (Factsheet)

Key Media and Opinions

January 16, 2024: Tom Morello, Amanda Palmer, More Call on FCC to Restore Net Neutrality and ‘Protect Art’ (Rolling Stone)

October 4, 2023: Net Neutrality Is Still Needed Despite Its Quiet Hiatus (Washington Post)

October 2, 2023: What is net neutrality? As FCC chair weighs return, what to know about the internet rule (USA Today)

September 28, 2023: Net neutrality is back, but it’s not what you think (Vox)

March 16, 2023: The White House might be running out of time to bring back net neutrality (The Verge)

July 28, 2022: Congressional Democrats Introduce Net Neutrality Bill (CNET)

July 18, 2022: Congressional Democrats Ready Net Neutrality Bill (CNET)

April 22, 2022: Broadband Industry Ends California Net Neutrality Lawsuit (CNET)

October 3, 2019: The net neutrality battle lives on: What you need to know after the appeals court decision (CNET)

October 2, 2019: Net neutrality battle moves to the states (CNET)

June 11, 2018: Goodbye to net neutrality. Hello to an even-bigger AT&T? (Washington Post)

February 22, 2018: The FCC’s vote repealing its net neutrality rules is finally official. Here’s what happens now. (Washington Post)

May 14, 2017: Net Neutrality Update: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive) (HBO)

May 9, 2017: Net Neutrality II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

June 2, 2014: Net Neutrality: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

External Resources

October 25, 2022: Public Knowledge Launches Movement for a Better Internet To Create an Internet That Benefits Everyone

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Blog Posts

November 16, 2022: Should Algorithms Be Regulated? Part 3: Evaluating Alternative Frameworks for Regulating Algorithms

May 29, 2022: Independent, But Together: How Antitrust and Regulation Can Work Synergistically To Benefit Consumers

May 27, 2022: Big Tech Competition Bills Don’t Address Content Moderation, and That’s A Good Thing

December 21, 2021: We Can Save Local News Without Upending Copyright Law

December 16, 2021: How To Give Consumers Competition and Protect Them Too

October 29, 2021: Is This Really Big Tech’s ‘Big Tobacco’ Moment? Only Congress Can Make It So.

October 6, 2021: Frances Haugen Wants A Digital Regulator — And So Does Facebook

August 11, 2021: Observe and Report: Facebook Versus NYU Ad Observatory Proves the Need for Policy Interventions

July 21, 2021: The Privacy Debate Reveals How Big Tech’s “Transparency and User Control” Arguments Fall Flat

June 17, 2021: Can the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act Really Preserve Local Journalism? Public Knowledge Says “Probably Not.”

April 29, 2021: Are You Wielding a Discriminatory Algorithm Against Consumers? The FTC Is Coming For You — But It Can’t Act Alone

February 11, 2021: Principles to Protect Free Expression on the Internet

January 12, 2021: Facebook and Twitter Made the Right Decision. Big Tech Is Still Too Powerful.

August 13, 2020: Let the Chips Fall Where They May: The 9th Circuit Gives Free Rein to Qualcomm’s Monopoly

August 12, 2020: Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Section 230 and Civil Rights

July 7, 2020: An Ounce of Preventive Regulation is Worth a Pound of Antitrust Enforcement: The Case for Platform CPNI

February 13, 2020: Key Elements and Functions of a New Digital Regulatory Agency

September 19, 2019: The Right Way to Regulate Digital Platforms

August 28, 2019: Keeping Thumbs Off the Scale: Nondiscrimination on Digital Platforms

April 4, 2019: A Regulator to Fit the Growing Regulatory Consensus

March 13, 2019: UK Digital Competition Report Builds the Case for Platform Regulation

February 22, 2019: To Make the Tech Sector Competitive, Antitrust Is Only Half the Answer

September 6, 2018: Groups Launch Broadband Connects America Coalition to End Rural Digital Divide

July 19, 2018: Part III: Cost of Exclusion as a Proxy for Dominance in Digital Platform Regulation

July 18, 2018: Platform Regulation Part II: Defining “Digital Platform”

May 24, 2018: Due Process, and Our Approach to Dominant Online Platforms

Press Releases

May 16, 2023: Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee for AI Oversight Hearing

March 7, 2023: Public Knowledge President and CEO Chris Lewis To Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee on Restoring Competition to Digital Markets

May 19, 2022: New Public Knowledge Paper Outlines How Regulation and Antitrust Law Can Work Synergistically To Rein In Big Tech

May 19, 2022: Public Knowledge Applauds Welch Digital Regulator Bill, Urges Commerce Committee Hearings

May 12, 2022: Public Knowledge Applauds Bill Creating Digital Regulator To Rein In Big Tech

November 30, 2020: Public Knowledge Applauds New UK Digital Regulator Coming Next Year

July 7, 2020: New Public Knowledge Paper Urges Congress to Adopt Law Protecting Vendor Data from Digital Platforms

July 1, 2020: U.K. Competition Authority Shows the Need for a Digital Regulator in the U.S.

March 9, 2020: Gene Kimmelman to Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee on Digital Platform Competition

September 19, 2019: The Right Way to Regulate Digital Platforms

May 8, 2019: Public Knowledge and Roosevelt Institute Launch Guidebook to Regulating Digital Platforms

April 4, 2019: A Regulator to Fit the Growing Regulatory Consensus

May 24, 2018: Public Knowledge Releases Paper on Online Platforms and Due Process

July 18, 2017: Washington Center for Equitable Growth Launches Antitrust Paper on Digital Communications

Other Public Knowledge Content

Tell Congress to Create a Regulatory Agency for Digital Platforms (Action)

May 21, 2024: Digital Regulator Proposal: How To Rein in Big Tech (Factsheet)

May 21, 2024: Digital Regulator Proposal: Frequently Asked Questions (Factsheet)

March 7, 2023: Chris Lewis Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Testimony on Restoring Competition to Digital Markets

May 19, 2022: A Lesson From the Landmark AT&T Breakup: Both a Sector-specific Regulator and Antitrust Enforcers Were Needed

July 7, 2020: Mind Your Own Business: Protecting Proprietary Third-Party Information from Digital Platforms

May 8, 2019: The Case for the Digital Platform Act

May 8, 2019: The Case for the Digital Platform Act: Executive Summary

May 24, 2018: Even Under Kind Masters: A Proposal to Require that Dominant Platforms Accord Their Users Due Process

Key Media and Opinions

April 28, 2023: Artificial intelligence is another reason for a new digital agency (Brookings Institute)

May 12, 2022: Senator introduces bill giving Big Tech its own federal watchdog (Washington Post)

May 12, 2022: Big Tech would get its own regulator under new Senate bill (Washington Post)

May 8, 2019: To regulate digital platforms in the future, we should look to the past (World Economic Forum)

External Resources

January 24, 2024: Bipartisan Senate group letter pushing for a digital regulator

February, 2023: UNESCO’s Guidance for regulating digital platforms: a multistakeholder approach

April 15, 2022: Time For a New Digital Regulatory Authority

August 20, 2020: New Digital Realities; New Oversight Solutions

May 8, 2019: The Case for the Digital Platform Act: Foreword by Tom Wheeler

May 8, 2019: How To Take Big Tech (Forbes)

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Blog Posts

April 27, 2022: Movin’ On Up A Little Higher

May 27, 2022: Big Tech Competition Bills Shouldn’t Address Content Moderation

July 11, 2022: “Yo Competition!”: How America Can Learn From Rocky & Win the Global Fight for Tech Innovation

Press Releases

June 15, 2023: Public Knowledge Applauds Reintroduction of Competition Bill Reining in Big Tech

March 7, 2023: Public Knowledge President and CEO Chris Lewis To Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee on Restoring Competition to Digital Markets

January 20, 2022: Letter to Senate Judiciary on AICO

Other Public Knowledge Content

March 7, 2023: Chris Lewis Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Testimony on Restoring Competition to Digital Markets

January 20, 2022: Letter to Senate Judiciary on AICO

November 16, 2022: Group Letter Urging Congress To Pass AICO & OAMA, Bipartisan Antitrust Bills To Rein in Big Tech

Why the ABA Antitrust Section is Wrong About AICO

Rein in Big Tech Town Hall Toolkit

Key Media and Opinions

August 1, 2022: What Big Tech Thinks of the Antitrust Bill (Bloomberg Technology)

July 25, 2022: Antitrust Bills Will Unleash America’s Innovation Economy (Tech Policy Press)

January 20, 2022: We Can Have a Better Internet If We Allow Competition to Flourish (Tech Policy Press)

External Resources

July 26, 2022: The National Federation of Businesses (NFIB) Endorses AICO

July 12, 2022: CFA in Support of AICO

July 8, 2022: Why Congress Should Pass AICO

June 15, 2022: Cicilline Letter to Senators on Content Moderation and AICO

June 9, 2022: Consumer Reports Implores Senators to Support AICO

April 5, 2022: Yelp Endorses AICO

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Blog Posts

October 30, 2024: Is the Australian Bargaining Code Over?

September 12, 2024: Now That Its California Twin Has Failed, Is the JCPA Poised for a Next Act?

January 9, 2024: The Top Reasons the JCPA Won’t Save Local News — Including from AI

December 21, 2023: Why Google and Facebook Don’t Owe Publishers $14 Billion a Year

November 7, 2022: Strange Bedfellows: Why Advocates From Across the Spectrum Still Oppose the JCPA

September 6, 2022: Stop the Presses! JCPA Favors Big Media Broadcasters Over Newspapers!

June 24, 2022: Here We Go Again: Another Round of Changes Haven’t Solved the Problems with the JCPA 

April 18, 2022: Not Big, If True: Congress’s Proposed Changes Fail to Solve the Fundamental Problems with the JCPA

December 21, 2021: We Can Save Local News Without Upending Copyright Law

July 21, 2021: We Told You So: Small Publishers Struggle for a Seat at the Table in Negotiations With Platforms in Australia and France

June 17, 2021: Can the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act Really Preserve Local Journalism? Public Knowledge Says “Probably Not.”

Press Releases

June 15, 2023: Public Knowledge Warns Congress Against Adopting Controversial Journalism Competition and Preservation Act

June 15, 2023: Public Knowledge Joins More Than Two Dozen Groups Urging Congress To Abandon Problematic ‘Journalism’ Bill

March 31, 2023: Public Knowledge Opposes Faulty ‘Journalism’ Bill Undermining Open Internet and Free Speech Online

December 5, 2022: Public Knowledge Joins 26 Groups Urging Congress To Drop JCPA from Must-Pass Defense Legislation

September 6, 2022: Public Knowledge Joins 20 Groups Urging Congress To Shelve Journalism Competition and Preservation Act

June 30, 2022: Marking A Win for Free Expression Online, Copyright Office Finds that New Forms of Copyright Would Not Benefit Journalism

February 2, 2022: Public Interest Advocates Warn Congress Against Adopting JCPA

June 17, 2021: Public Knowledge Joins 5 Consumer Groups Urging Congress To Amend JCPA or Risk Losing Internet Links

Other Public Knowledge Content

Public Knowledge’s Contact Congress Action

June 15, 2023: Senate Group Letter Opposing JCPA

December 5, 2022: Group Letter to Congressional Leadership Against JCPA’s NDAA Inclusion

September 6, 2022: Group Letter to Congress Opposing JCPA

February 23, 2022: Ancillary Copyright Explainer

June 17, 2021: Coalition Letter to Congress on the JCPA

Public Knowledge’s Proposed Savings Clause for the JCPA

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