Helen Brunner Honored at IP3 Awards
MDF Founding Director Helen Brunner was honored alongside Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler at the 2015 IP3 Awards. In his remarks, Public Knowledge President Gene Kimmelman...
View ArticleNet Neutrality in Court
Net neutrality had its day in court on Friday, as open internet advocates defended the FCC’s new rules during oral arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Negotiates Historic Comcast Franchise Agreement
Last week, the full City Council of Philadelphia overwhelmingly passed a 15-year cable franchise agreement with one of its most powerful residents: Comcast. Under the new agreement, Comcast will...
View ArticleInternet Freedom Festival Funder Delegation
Digital surveillance and censorship threaten freedom of expression, access to information and human rights, world-wide. The Internet Freedom Festival is the largest and most diverse gathering of...
View ArticleHappy Net Neutrality Anniversary!
In honor of the field’s hard work, MDF is producing a series of videos about the net neutrality campaign, told in the words of the organizers, mobilizers, and policy experts who delivered the victory...
View ArticleHelen Brunner to Receive Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking
The Council on Foundations has announced that MDF Founding Director Helen Brunner will be the 2016 recipient of the Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking, intended to “honor an innovative...
View ArticleFCC Approves Lifeline Expansion
In a major step toward closing the digital divide, the FCC voted yesterday to expand and modernize the Lifeline program to include subsidies for broadband access. Originally established to guarantee...
View ArticleNew collaboration supporting human rights technology and internet freedom
As a platform that enables the human rights of free expression and assembly, the internet faces increasing repression from both government and corporate actors. Information controls, digital...
View ArticlePhDX: Talent for the 21st Century
MDF is pleased to announce that our first PhDX fellows have begun work at their organizations for the Summer 2017 session. Imani Sherman (pictured left) is a Human-Centered Computing doctoral student...
View ArticleMatching Technology Talent with Frontline Social Justice Organizations
Media Democracy Fund manages two different programs that match technologists with social justice organizations: the Technology Exchange Matching Fund and the PhDX Fellowship program. Ford/MDF...
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