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Strip away the technical jargon of Net Neutrality and it becomes about whether people have the right to talk to one another, write to one another and organize politically without the interference of large corporations.

The American Association of Independent Music filed a statement with the FCC supporting Net Neutrality. The statement highlights the unique economic needs of the independent music community and the need to balance access versus the need to eliminate illegal acquisition of music.

The click squawk 28.8 modem era has been replaced by the always on broadband of today, but the underlying Internet infrastructure is a battleground behind the scenes of phone and cable company lobbyists attempting to dismantle open standards and Net Neutrality.

Three individuals have pleaded guilty in a federal court to scamming the FCC out of over $2.5 million with organizations they owned that were designed to help people with hearing impairments.

Springfield, Mo. may be one step closer to becoming a Google test city for fiber-optic Internet service after the City Council endorsed an application. But a similar system already in place at a city hosptial shows the potential impact that faster Internet speeds offer.

The House Energy & Commerce Committee will hold a markup March 10 on the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act. That is the bill that gives the FCC and the National Telecommunications & Information Administration a year to inventory spectrum in commercial and government hands and to evaluate how efficiently it is being used.

Google is testing a new TV-programming search service with Dish Network, the latest development in a fast-moving race to combine Internet content with conventional TV.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan compared broadband expansion in the United States to the development of the interstate highway system under President Eisenhower. Donovan urged the government to work across departments, and with public and private organizations, to help connect all Americans.

Comcast's plan to raise rates for its Internet service could have had better timing. The hike, set for April 1, comes just as the FCC is about to release its National Broadband Plan on March 17.

The implications of a national free wireless network are significant -- if the agency aims high. Or it could be flop. Under chairman Kevin Martin, the FCC tried something similar -- but the plan never got off the ground. The agency said the recommendation in the national broadband plan will be different from that recommended by Martin's FCC.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest issued a report card that rates companies’ policies with regard to food marketing aimed at children. Three-quarters of companies are getting an F, either for having weak policies or for failing to have any policies whatsoever.

Dr. Clive Hamilton discusses the importantance of idleness and boredom for imaginative well-being--especially for children, who today "live in a fantasy world created by American film and television producers."

Comprehensive study proves conclusively that exposure to violent video games makes more aggressive, less caring kids.

Restrictions on food television commercials aimed at children may have reduced the number of kids’ TV food ads, but children are increasingly being targeted with cross-promotional tactics and product placement.

New study shows kids as young as 3 recognize brands and are affected by advertising. "Whether it’s McDonald’s or Mitsubishi, children as young as three are quick to identify a brand and decipher its message."

Children and teens spend about as much time with media as they do sleeping, and the overexposure could take a toll on their health, a new U.S. study suggests.

Children as young as three years old recognize brands and are vulnerable to advertising, contrary to past research that suggested such marketing only had an impact on older kids, according to a new study.

Some MA schools are considering allowing companies to advertise in schools and school buses, despite the risks that advertising to a captive audience of children presents. CCFC's Josh Golin comments on why ads in schools are a bad idea.

While the food industry claims to be “self-regulating” marketing to children, a new Yale study finds that companies are using more familiar characters, celebrities, toys and movie giveaways on packaging than ever before to market junk food to kids in the supermarket.

British Columbia pediatrician says the association of sponsors like Coca-Cola with the Olympic Games is disappointing and potentially damaging to children.