Summary
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, a Republican with strong conservative views, may be appointed chair under a Trump presidency, shifting the agency’s focus from consumer protections to reducing ISP regulations and targeting Big Tech.
Carr opposes net neutrality and seeks to make tech companies contribute to the FCC’s Universal Service Fund, typically funded by telecoms.
He also supports reinterpreting Section 230 to limit legal protections for social media.
Carr’s stance against data caps regulation and net neutrality aligns with a deregulatory, pro-ISP agenda, sparking concern from consumer advocacy groups.
a Republican with strong conservative views
Translation from cowardly media speak to accurate English: a Fascist.
shifting the agency’s focus from consumer protections to reducing ISP regulations and targeting Big Tech.
Translation: giving it the Louis DeJoy treatment and extorting the big tech companies NOT currently fellating Trump until they start doing so.
and seeks to make tech companies contribute to the FCC’s Universal Service Fund, typically funded by telecoms.
Has Elon been notified? Because that fight will be a small bit of amusement during this dire time.
Nah, they’ll be a special exemption for “the world’s town square” that lets him weasel out of it.
It’s weird when you agree with some of a persons conclusions, but not the way they reached them.
I’m very conflicted. The 230 stuff really needs to be revisited. But net neutrality should be left alone.
