FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, the only Democrat on the FCC,  is standing up for the public interest.  In April she embarked on the first leg of her First Amendment Tour to raise and hear concerns about government censorship and control over media. The tour features speaking engagements and listening sessions across the country, often in partnership with consumer and civil society groups, such as Free Press.

“I embarked on my First Amendment tour because I became alarmed by the campaign of control and censorship that I saw this administration embarking on,” said FCC Commissioner Gomez.

Gomez joined  community leaders for a special forum on November 13 at Rutgers University.

Also on the panel is Jennifer Jessica Gonzalez of Free Press. Among many accomplishments,  she “co-led effective advertiser boycotts of Facebook and Twitter for their permissive approaches to hate speech and to democracy destabilization one of the few boycotts that have actually been successful.”

Watch the conversation below.

Free Press and Rutgers Law School

“Local news and freedom of speech across the country are under threat. Due to federal funding cuts, NPR and PBS affiliates of all sizes have announced that they will need to lay off staff, reduce programming. News for diverse populations is further under threat due to additional media consolidation, which the Federal Communications Commission is poised to bless. The FCC chairman and President Trump are brazenly attacking journalists and media outlets for seeking to foster diversity, equity and inclusion and for critical reporting.”