ME: Media Reform
Mental Health Advocates Reject Blame for Gun Violence Epidemic
Mental health experts say people with psychiatric diagnoses are being unfairly scapegoated for the gun violence epidemic in Maine and across America…
Google Employees Launch Rare Tech-Industry Union
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Google employees are forming the Alphabet Workers Union, both to push their parent company toward greater social responsibility and …
Multiple Protests on Net Neutrality This Week in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine – Protesters are gathering in Bangor, Newport and Portland Wednesday and Thursday to support a free and open Internet as part …
Watchdog Groups Gear Up for Net-Neutrality Decision
BANGOR, Maine -- The clock is ticking when it comes to a free and open internet in the United States, and watchdog groups are gearing up for what …
Facebook Goes After "Fake" News: Good Effort or Flawed Idea?
AUGUSTA, Maine – Online giant Facebook has outlined plans to use third-party fact checkers to vet some of its news content. Facebook has come …
Federal Court Backs FCC's Treatment of Internet as Utility
WHITESBURG, Ky. – A federal court has upheld the Federal Communication Commission's decision to treat the Internet like a utility – a …
Spectrum Auction: Broadband Internet vs. TV Diversity?
PORTLAND, Maine – As the song goes, "Video Killed the Radio Star." Will wireless kill some free public TV? That's the latest media question…
"Marginal Voices" To Speak Loudly at FCC Today
PORTLAND, Maine - Internet freedom advocates are calling for a day of action today at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Internet fast …
Internet Fast Lanes Could Limit Maine Access to "World Commons"
AUGUSTA, Maine - Net neutrality defenders in New England and the nation are sending out distress signals about a Federal Communications Commission (…
Advocates for Internet Freedom say Appeals Court Strikes "Huge Blow"
WASHINGTON - In what's being called a "huge blow to all Internet users," a federal court ruled Tuesday in favor of Verizon, striking down Federal …
Privacy Advocates: “Stop Watching Us”
PORTLAND, Maine - Revelations by leakers Julian Assange and Edward Snowden have shown U.S. government agencies such as the National Security Agency …
Corralling the Internet: Confab Fights Back
PORTLAND, Maine - Issues of Internet freedom have been the focus of a three-day national meeting. The National Conference for Media Reform brought …