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UCC Media Justice celebrates FCC proposal to ensure net neutrality and accountable broadband networks
The core of the power of the internet is the ability for all people and all content to be treated fairly, and equally, without being dependent on your ability to pay for preferential treatment.
New State Digital Justice Advocacy Toolkit
We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity for digital justice: write to your state broadband office with this new easy-to-use resource.
UCC Media Justice Resources for General Synod 2023
Follow up on our Synod resolution and make media justice and communication rights a reality for all.
UCC’s biennial General Synod asked to endorse digital justice and inclusion
UCC Media Justice worked with thirteen General Synod delegates to bring a resolution titled, Closing the Digital Divide to a vote at the denomination’s 34th national convening held in Indianapolis this summer.
UCC Media Justice Finally Defeats Hedge Fund TV Deal
After months of scrutiny and last-minute brinksmanship, a proposed $8.6 Billion hedge fund takeover of TV company TEGNA was finally sent to the scrap heap.
FCC begins implementing the Martha Wright Act!
The FCC starts work today on Congress’ new law, Martha Wright-Reed Just & Reasonable Communications Act, the product of years of work by UCC Media Justice and its allies.
Alarm and Sadness at FCC Nominee Sohn’s Withdrawal
UCC Media Justice responded with alarm and sadness when Gigi B. Sohn, President Biden’s nominee for a seat on the Federal Communications Commission, asked that her nomination be withdrawn after more than 16 months of attacks on her policy positions and personal life.
FCC Heeds UCC Media Justice’s Opposition to TV Merger
Mega-merger proponents have not made their case.
Confirm Gigi B. Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission
No nominee in recent memory–if ever–has come to the post with so much relevant expertise, combined with a lifetime of service on behalf of the public interest.
Prison Phone Justice Legislation Passes Congress!
After more than five years of lobbying, UCC Media Justice successfully led a coalition of advocates to persuade Congress to pass the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022.