US_ Trump’s pick to head FCC plans crackdown on ‘unprecedented surge’ in censorship by Big Tech

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Trump’s pick to head FCC plans crackdown on ‘unprecedented surge’ in censorship by Big Tech

Brendan Carr answers questions during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 24, 2020. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via AP, Pool, File) more >

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times - Monday, November 18, 2024


President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Federal Communications Commission is aiming at NewsGuard, which works to sideline and demonetize some conservative outlets and non-legacy media by labeling their news reports “misinformation.”

Brendan Carr, whom Mr. Trump nominated Sunday to chair the FCC next year, is calling on the four Big Tech giants to detail their use of NewsGuard and is threatening them with revocation of their federally granted immunity against content-based lawsuits.

“Over the past few years, Americans have lived through an unprecedented surge in censorship. Your companies played significant roles in this improper conduct,” Mr. Carr wrote to Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. Apple, Microsoft and Google also received the letter.

Mr. Carr’s request for information about Big Tech’s use of NewsGuard carries significant weight. He is a Republican appointee to the five-member FCC, which oversees the liability shield law under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

“This is the first salvo. We expect him to take a leadership role in reforming Section 230,” said Dan Schneider, vice president for free speech at the Media Research Center, a staunch critic of NewsGuard and other media monitoring firms.

Mr. Trump called Mr. Carr “a warrior for Free Speech” who has fought “the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans’ Freedoms and held back our economy.”

Mr. Carr said Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft and other entities are part of a “censorship cartel” that he intends to dismantle.

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