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In 2017, our rights to connect and communicate were under attack like never before.

The FCC rolled back the Net Neutrality rules and erased longstanding media-ownership limits. It slashed programs designed to connect low-income families to the internet. Congress trampled privacy protections. And the Trump administration attacked press freedom and vilified journalists trying to hold the president accountable.

As we look toward 2018, we’re angry — but also energized, even optimistic.

Here’s why: Last year we saw unprecedented public awareness of Net Neutrality. We witnessed the birth of a new generation of internet- and press-freedom activists, people willing to get out from behind their screens and take to the streets.

At Free Press and Free Press Action Fund, we’re fighting back every way we can. Here’s what we’ll be working on in the new year:

• We’re pressuring Congress to issue a “resolution of disapproval” to overturn the FCC on Net Neutrality1 while simultaneously preparing to file lawsuits to restore the open-internet protections and media-ownership limits.
• With Team Internet — the volunteer-driven organizing project we co-lead with Demand Progress and Fight for the Future — we're building the infrastructure to absorb this energy and put thousands of new activists to work. And with our partners in Voices for Internet Freedom — including the Center for Media Justice, Color Of Change and the National Hispanic Media Coalition — we’re showing why the fight for digital rights is a racial-justice issue.
• Our News Voices project is making remarkable progress in New Jersey, where we just got word that our landmark Civic Info Bill will be reintroduced in January.2 Plus our second News Voices project in North Carolina has launched and is holding events across the state.

In 2018, we’ll ramp up every aspect of our work thanks to the people who generously contribute to us. We don’t take a cent from business, government or political parties — our independence is too important.

Thank you for your generosity this year — and for standing with us in these crucial fights. It makes a world of difference.

Here's hoping for better days ahead in 2018.

Happy New Year!

Craig, Lucia, Amy and the rest of the Free Press Action Fund team
freepress.net

P.S. We have our work cut out for us in 2018. Could you chip in a few dollars to help us win these crucial fights? Thanks!

1. “Make the Call: Tell Congress to Save Net Neutrality,” Free Press Action Fund: https://act.freepress.net/call/internet_nn_call_congress/?t=6&akid=7728%2E10296224%2En27SE-

2. “Statehouse Leaders Pledge to Reintroduce New Jersey’s Civic Info Bill,” Free Press Action Fund, Dec. 19, 2017: https://act.freepress.net/go/18367?t=8&akid=7728%2E10296224%2En27SE-

The Free Press Action Fund is a nonpartisan organization fighting for your rights to connect and communicate. The Free Press Action Fund does not support or oppose any candidate for public office. Learn more at freepress.net.

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