About fcc.cc

fcc.cc brings together news, music, weather, games, podcasts, interactive exhibits, community spaces, and educational resources — all in one place, with no paywalls and no ads.

We pull from sources we trust and admire: the Internet Archive, the Library of Congress, NASA, Wikipedia, the EFF, and dozens of others. We use algorithms to aggregate and organize content from RSS feeds, APIs, and public data — but we never use algorithms to profile you, manipulate your behavior, or decide what you should think.

The difference matters. An algorithm that collects today's weather or assembles a news feed from trusted sources is a tool. An algorithm that watches what you click, builds a psychological profile, and feeds you content designed to maximize engagement is a trap. We build tools, not traps.

• The internet is a public good. Access to information, education, and community should not require surrendering your privacy or attention.
• Curation is a craft. Thoughtful, human editorial judgment produces a better experience than engagement-optimized feeds. We choose what to include because it is interesting, educational, or useful — not because it is addictive.
• Your data belongs to you. We store your preferences in your browser. We don't track you, profile you, or sell your data. Our privacy practices page documents this in detail.
• Open standards matter. We publish RSS feeds, support OPML, and build with standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No proprietary lock-in, no walled gardens.
• Learning should be free. Our interactive exhibits, open courseware, GED prep materials, and educational paths are available to everyone at no cost.
• Community needs real spaces. Forums, chat, blogs, and microblogging should exist on infrastructure that serves its members, not its shareholders.

fcc.cc is an ecosystem of interconnected sites and tools:

• News & Policy — curated feeds from independent sources and digital rights organizations
• Music & Radio — free, legal music from the Internet Archive and Creative Commons catalogs
• Weather — a full-featured weather dashboard using open data from Open-Meteo, NOAA, and NWS
• Interactive Museum — dozens of hands-on exhibits exploring science, technology, and history
• Games — chess, sudoku, solitaire, crosswords, and more — no ads, no in-app purchases
• Knowledge — dictionary, etymology, open courses, and GED preparation
• Astronomy — live sky data, ISS tracking, solar activity, and NASA imagery
• Community — IRC chat, forums, blogs, microblogging, and customizable profiles
• Podcasts & Media — curated podcast picks, public domain video, and an RSS reader

Everything runs on our own servers. No cloud platforms making decisions about our content, no terms of service that can pull the rug out from under us.

fcc.cc is a small, independent project. It is not affiliated with any government agency, corporation, or institution. It exists because we think the internet deserves better than what most of it has become.

The fcc.cc source code is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. You are free to study, modify, and redistribute the code under the same terms.

Original content on fcc.cc — exhibit text, blog posts, and editorial writing — is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). You are free to share and adapt this content as long as you give credit and share alike.

Join the conversation in IRC chat, post on the forums, or report issues through support tickets. If you believe in a free and open internet, you're welcome here.