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The Allied Media Conference is a unique gathering for some of the most passionate media activists from across the country. The conference is one of the few spaces where the role of media is fully analyzed: its applications in our everyday lives, its impact on other social justice issues, and the public policies affecting us all.

Posted by amalia deloney, Center for Media Justice Written By: Jessica J. Gonzalez, NHMC

If you are Latino, and you subscribe to T-Mobile cell phone service, you are in the norm. Nearly 25% of T-Mobile’s 34 million customers are Latino. Why are we such big fans of T-Mob? Probably because it is more affordable than all of the other national cell phone service providers.

By Tracy Rosenberg

I was out-gunned 30-1.

On May 26^th, I went to the California Public Utilities Commission to encourage them to perform a thorough investigation of the impact of the AT&T / T-Mobile merger on California consumers.

“Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.”

-Cesar Chavez

Despite the FCC's lack of interest (or rather, Chairman G's lack of interest) in actually defending Network Neutrality and protecting the open Internet, we must defend the right of the FCC to ensure an Open Internet. Such is life... And right now a House amendment would deny funding to the FCC to implement net neutrality rules.

Originally posted on 2/7/11 at Deepmedia.  A man who needed to borrow his son’s phone to apply for a job online. Another person who drove twenty miles to get to a library that had internet. Elder community members who needed to fill out Medicare forms online but could not get access. Youth, independent artists and media makers that need to be able to create and upload media to communicate, enlighten, and inform.

Reposted from NielsenWire on Feb. 4th, 2011.

Don Kellogg, Senior Manager, Telecom Practice Research and Insights, The Nielsen Company

As the December 21^st vote approaches, CMJ and MAG-Net continue to push for a strengthened proposal from the FCC Chairman—and real digital justice. 

Last Wednesday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed Network Neutrality rules that he claims will save the open Internet.

An open Internet means access to health care, small business development, full employment, and quality education. Rural America needs strong open Internet protections to ensure that the legacy of corporate interests do not trump those of working families and everyday Internet users.