Center for Media Justice and the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) are proud to announce that not one, but two MAG-Net members are being awarded prestigious 2017 Soros Justice Fellowships! Soros Justice Fellowships fund outstanding individuals to undertake projects that advance reform, spur debate, and catalyze change on a range of issues facing the U.S. Read more
As millions from all walks of life take part in Net Neutrality proceeding, the agency fails to comply with FOIA requests for 47,000 consumer complaints about ISPs. On Wednesday, Voices for Internet Freedom, a coalition of organizations including Center for Media Justice, advocating for the digital rights of communities of color, filed comments calling on the Read more
It’s official. We took over the Internet! We’re amazed at the incredible actions taken across the country on the Net Neutrality Day of Action, this past Wednesday, July 12! CMJ, MAG-Net, and our partners pushed record-breaking numbers of people to submit comments to the FCC and Congress in defense of Title II Net Neutrality protections. Read more
Center for Media Justice and members of the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) joined one of the largest digital protests ever for the Internet-Wide Day of Action to save Net Neutrality. The FCC’s plan to slash Title II, the legal foundation for Net Neutrality rules that protect online free speech and innovation, has been widely rejected by Read more
Contact: Libeth Morales, libeth@mediajustice.org Malkia Cyril, executive director and co-founder of the Center for Media Justice has issued the following response to the article published June 28, 2017 by ProPublica on the algorithms that Facebook’s censors use to differentiate between hate speech and legitimate political expression: “The Center for Media Justice has long worked with groups like Black Read more
Just last week, members of the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) gathered at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, MI! We showed up big and are returning with new energy, connections, and plans to resist. Check out our recap below on 5 ways MAG-Net was presente at AMC: 1. Sharing and Holding Space at the Read more
Will You Harbor Me? To Fight Police Violence, Demand Digital Sanctuary Personal Democracy Forum – June 9, 2017 My mother loved this song, and I loved my mother. It was in her lap that I learned to read on the floor of Liberation Bookstore in Harlem. It was by her hand that I wrote my first Read more
The Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) is holding its annual Membership Assembly at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, MI on June 15, 2017! Our Membership Assembly is the largest convening we hold. This year, nearly 60 members hope to strategize together and strengthen our movement for digital and media rights currently under threat. In Read more
On July 12, 2017, websites, Internet users, and online communities will come together to sound the alarm about the FCC’s attack on net neutrality. Join CMJ and MAG-Net for the protest and spread the word at https://www.battleforthenet.com/netroots/?utm_source=cmj. Right now, new FCC Chairman and former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai has a plan to destroy net neutrality and Read more
Leaders of the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net), a project of the Center for Media Justice, convened in Oakland, CA from April 26- 28 at our annual Anchors Congress. Our national network of nearly 100 member organizations coordinates media justice campaigns to win communication rights for communities of color. Together, we have reduced prison phone Read more