Media Reform

Current Campaigns

Stop 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.

Protect Internet Freedom

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

The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) is about to mandate dramatic increases in the amount of royalties paid every time Internet Radio webcasters stream a song online. These new fees will put many new and independent webcasters out of business and leave the online music market in the hands of the biggest corporate broadcasters. 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 Florida 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.