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Summary
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, a staunch opponent of broadband regulation and net neutrality, is poised to lead the agency under Donald Trump’s presidency.
Carr’s agenda includes reducing regulations on ISPs, potentially forcing Big Tech companies to fund broadband projects, and targeting platforms like TikTok over national security concerns.
He also supports revisiting Section 230 to curb perceived anti-conservative bias in social media.
Critics warn Carr’s leadership could weaken consumer protections, undermine net neutrality, and enable political interference in communications policy, prioritizing industry and partisan goals over public interest.
The lack of tech knowledge just comes from growing up with tech that just works and that’s much less open than it was back in the day. The same thing is happening everywhere.
These youngsters need a few good bluescreens of death to harden em
I have good memories of upgrading the cpu in my 80s computer from a 386 to a 486. I was a kid, my friend had upgraded so I bought it 2nd hand off him.