Media Reform & Internet Freedom

Current Campaigns

Challenging Media Consolidation

Big Media is a threat to democracy and the free exchange of ideas. We’re standing up to powerful interests to ensure everyone has a voice. Read more.

Internet Freedom

The Internet should be as free and open as our society. Now, big corporations want to limit your access. Read more.

The Digital Television Transition: What You Need to Know

On February 17, 2009, all TV stations will begin broadcasting exclusively in digital signals. Our research showed that electronic retailers are doing consumers a disservice by misinforming and misleading them about how to make the transition. Read More.

Overview

Our media and the Internet should serve the public interest and enrich our democracy. Instead, too much of today’s media is controlled by a few large corporations that block out community voices and minority viewpoints. That’s why U.S.PIRG is fighting to protect equal access to the world wide web, ensure that cable rates are reasonable, and change the laws that allow the largest media companies to determine so much of what we see and hear on TV and the radio.

The world’s newest and greatest public forum—the Internet—is being threatened by telecommunications giants who seek to become the gatekeepers with the ability to dictate who can use the Internet, for what purpose, and at what cost.

News

Retailers Misleading Consumers on the Digital Television (DTV) Transition 2/13/2008

Washington, D.C. - Remarks of FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein on "Mixed Signals: How TV Retailers Midlead Consumers on the Digital Television Transition" U.S. PIRG Report 2/13/2008

AT&T/Cingular Blocking its Wireless Customers from Dialing in to Free Conference Call Services 3/15/2007

Newsroom

Reports

Mixed Signals: How TV Retailers Mislead Consumers on the Digital Television (DTV) Transition 2/13/2008

The Failure Of Cable Deregulation: A Blueprint For Creating A Competitive, Pro-Consumer Cable Television Marketplace 8/12/2003

More Reports

Resource

U.S. PIRG Blog

Read Consumer Program Director Ed Mierzwinski’s blog.

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