By Megan Graham, wsj.com, 6-12-25 Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Angus King (I-Maine) introduced a bill June 12 that would ban pharmaceutical manufacturers from using direct-to-consumer advertising, including social media, to promote their products. The bill would prohibit any promotional communications targeting consumers, including through television, radio, print, digital platforms, and social media. It would [...]
By Kevin Freking, apnews.com, 6-12-25 The House narrowly voted June 12 to cut about $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress as President Donald Trump’s administration looks to follow through on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk. The package targets foreign aid programs and [...]
By Ted Johnson, Deadline.com, 6-10-25 A bill that would claw back federal funding for public broadcasting cleared the House Rules Committee on June 10, setting it up for a floor vote later in the week. If the bill passes, it will zero out $535 million in funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting over the [...]
By Nitasha Tiku and Leo Sands, washingtonpost.com, 5-22-25 A federal judge in Orlando rejected an AI start-up’s argument that its chatbot’s output was protected by the First Amendment, allowing a lawsuit over the death of a Florida teen who became obsessed with the chatbot to proceed…. Judge Anne Conway ruled that the case brought [...]
By Ed Holt, Inter Press Service, 5-5-25 Global press freedom across the world is at a “critical moment,” campaigners have warned, as a major index mapping the state of global press freedom hits an unprecedented low. In the latest edition of the annual press freedom index produced by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which was [...]
By Shannon Najmabadi, washingtonpost.com, 4-23-25 The European Union on April 22 fined Apple and Meta nearly a combined $800 million, and ordered Apple to change aspects of its business model within 60 days over alleged violations of the bloc’s sweeping rules meant to promote digital competition. The European Commission, the E.U.’s executive body, ordered [...]
By Eva Dou and Gerrit De Vynck, washingtonpost.com, 4-17-25 Google’s advertising technology unit is an illegal monopoly, a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled April 17, deepening the internet titan’s regulatory woes and raising the specter that it may have to divest itself of a major source of revenue. The decision by U.S. District [...]
By Taylor Telford, washingtonpost.com, 3-21-25 The Federal Communications Commission is prepared to block mergers and acquisitions involving companies that continue promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said March 21. “Any businesses that are looking for FCC approval, I would encourage them to get busy ending any sort of their invidious [...]
FOR RELEASE: March 21, 2025 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., March 21, 2025 – The Media Institute filed reply comments today with the Federal Communications Commission reaffirming the First Amendment right of broadcasters to employ editorial discretion in their reporting and editing operations. The comments came in response to a complaint [...]
Filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission reaffirming the First Amendment right of broadcasters to employ editorial discretion in their reporting and editing operations. The comments came in response to a complaint filed with the FCC alleging that CBS Broadcasting Inc. had engaged in “news distortion” in its editing of an interview with [...]