FreedomWorks activists took nearly 300,000 actions to pressure select members of Congress to defend Internet Freedom and uphold FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s “Restoring Internet Freedom” order.

Ahead of tomorrow's vote on the Restoring Internet Freedom Order proposed by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, FreedomWorks wants to remind Congressional Republicans, including our right-of-center allies: the pro-free-market position is to support the Order. FreedomWorks Director of Policy Patrick Hedger explains:

Following House Judiciary’s approval of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), FreedomWorks Chief Economist and Vice President of Research Wayne T. Brough release the following statement:

Ahead of today’s speech by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, FreedomWorks Foundation is pleased to announce our support of the final proposed Restoring Internet Freedom Order—ending public utility regulation of Internet service providers under Title II of the Communications Act and repealing expansive and vague standards of practice that have crippled broadband investment.

FreedomWorks has joined other free market groups concerned about Title II regulations of the Internet to launch a new website to spur activism on the issue.

FreedomWorks Foundation filed comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday regarding spectrum regulations for TV white space Internet services. If permitted by the FCC, private firms could offer wireless broadband to people living in areas lacking internet infrastructure. The FCC is considering a hearing on white space in July that could lead to wider broadband accessibility in the future.

Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to undo the massive regulatory structure imposed on the internet by the Obama administration. The proposed rule would return the internet to the light touch regulation that governed its development for the last twenty years.