Brendan Carr wants to preserve data caps, punish NBC, and give money to SpaceX.

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.

  • MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 month ago

    Not a chance he means anything other than persecuting social media companies for limiting “free speech” and preventing propaganda and/or misinformation from being spread on them.

    • SteveEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      That could be.
      That’s not what I was thinking.
      Thinking again, that seems quite likely.