You may remember a small storm that erupted when it came to light that Verizon had stifled NARAL Pro-Choice America from sending its members text messages. Under public scrutiny, Verizon reversed itself.

But Verizon helped prove the point that we can't rely on self-governance when it comes to free speech...

Recently I walked to Senator Dianne Feinstein's office in downtown San Francisco, armed with 6,300 letters from CREDO members asking her to oppose the federal judicial nomination of Richard Honaker to the Wyoming district court. (Take action here)

It was an easy call.

Standing with me were representatives from...

Today the Senate is resuming debate on wiretapping legislation -- specifically whether or not the Bush administration and big telecom companies will be retroactively excused for previous acts of warrantless wiretapping.

While we all know how Bush and his pals, big telecom, want this legislation to go, I want to...

It's been all over the news that in 2007, executives at Verizon and AT&T donated over $42,000 to Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Prior to 2007, Rockefeller wasn't getting any significant contributions from telecomm executives. But of course, prior to 2007, Rockefeller wasn't pushing...

Last week we witnessed Verizon trying to prevent a nonprofit from communicating with its own members because the company believed the content to be "unsavory." Under the pressure of The New York Times front-page story and a storm of criticism, they caved.

Now it's happened again: another communications...

Actions speak louder than words. That's what I was thinking when I heard that Verizon, the second-largest U.S. mobile company, had refused to allow NARAL Pro-Choice America to send opt-in text messages to its members (then reversed its decision on Thursday morning after a storm of criticism).

Let me repeat...