UT: Media Reform
Conservationists Call Out Extremist Group for Dispensing Disinformation
Disinformation has sadly become a part of American political discourse, but one environmental organization is calling out a group of anti-government …
Group Recommends Locally Controlled Broadband for Consumer Privacy
SALT LAKE CITY – As Congress considers remedies for large-scale privacy breaches by Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, a recent report suggests …
Tweets "Fair Game" for Scientific Research
SALT LAKE CITY — New legal and ethical questions surrounding the business practices of Facebook seem to surface daily. But at the same time…
Photojournalist Covering Trump Protest Facing Felony Charges
SALT LAKE CITY – Press groups and photojournalist Alexei Wood say there are troubling implications to Wood's trial on charges of multiple feloni…
Kids' Sleep Time, Quality Impacted by Screens
SALT LAKE CITY – If your kids are falling asleep watching TV or with a cell phone tucked under the covers, they're probably going to bed later …
Groups Protest FCC Attempts to Lower Broadband Standards
SALT LAKE CITY – The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission wants to redefine broadband by lowering the standard for speed, a move …
Study Says Faulty Claims Behind Plans to Revoke Net Neutrality
SALT LAKE CITY – As the Federal Communications Commission takes steps to reverse net neutrality, a term for a free and open Internet, …
Is Trump's FCC Pick Threat to Open Internet?
SALT LAKE CITY – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) guaranteed equal access to the Internet two years ago, when the regulatory agency …
Fossil-Fuel Firms Met with GOP AGs over Clean Power Plan
SALT LAKE CITY - Fossil-fuel companies Murray Energy and Southern Co. paid for private meetings with Republican state attorneys general to discuss …
Partisan Polarization Spikes Over Climate Change, Report Finds
SALT LAKE CITY – Republicans and Democrats have never been farther apart on climate change, according to a new Oklahoma State University study…
Federal Court Backs FCC's Treatment of Internet as Utility
WHITESBURG, Ky. – A federal court has upheld the Federal Communication Commission's decision to treat the Internet like a utility – a …
Expanded Internet Access May Be Headed to Rural Utah
SALT LAKE CITY - Internet use in Utah and across the nation soon may be regulated as a utility. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom …