Access Humboldt
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Access Humboldt is a community radio station which advocates for suppression of conservatives online.
History
From their website:[1]
- In July 2012, leaders from across Humboldt County participated in the “Future of Community Information” workshop, a discussion of information accessibility issues designed to advance projects that will increase civic engagement.
- The meeting was part of Access Humboldt’s ongoing effort to develop next-generation local media, supported in part by a grant from the John. S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
- Working groups discussed the media needs of diverse populations, from low-income rural communities to policy makers and educators. Conversation centered on the health of the “information ecosystem”, a concept that describes the supply of news and other information, and the skills and infrastructure needed to access these resources.
- Participants researched the accessibility of local websites, and found that documents like school district budgets were difficult to find, Spanish language options were limited, and important news stories often received coverage from only one source.
- The group recommends improvements in broadband infrastructure, expanded digital and print literacy education, and user-friendly website redesigns as immediate ways to improve the flow of local information.
- Attendees included representatives from Eureka City Schools, Humboldt County Office of Education, Redwood Community Action Agency, KEET TV, KHSU, United Way, and local governments. Heather Equinoss, Program Manager at the Humboldt Area Foundation, facilitated the workshop.
Deplatforming Advocate
Access Humboldt signed a letter spearheaded by Accountable Tech headlined Open Letter to the Biden-Harris Administration: Treating Disinformation as an Intersectional Threat urging Joe Biden to "treat disinformation as a fundamental and intersectional threat" and proposes a range of supposed remedies to suppress speech on social media platforms, create and bolster federal government agencies to deal with "disinformation" and further to actively indoctrinate Americans, particularly in public schools.[2]