Reclaim the Net:

🚨 FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr is calling out Big Tech for its role in what he calls a “censorship cartel.” In letters to Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft, Carr demands answers on their censorship practices, fact-checking partnerships, and ad agency collaborations over the past four years.

Carr links this activity to NewsGuard, a self-proclaimed news rating system, which he argues disproportionately targets conservative outlets while giving better ratings to Chinese state media. According to Carr, NewsGuard and similar groups are weaponized to suppress dissent and harm independent voices, especially those challenging establishment narratives.

Check out the letter here.

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Carr, a Republican, point-blank accuses the four major tech companies of improper conduct as they played “a significant role” in what he said was “an unprecedented surge of censorship” Americans have been exposed to during recent years.

Carr’s message for the CEOs is that he is confident once the new US administration is in place, both the White House and Congress will take “broad-ranging actions” aimed at restoring free speech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment, but also that one of those actions could be “a review of your companies” along with their third-party partners involved in censorship running afoul of those protections.

The four tech giants have until December 10 to respond to the letter and explain how they use fact-checkers, raters, etc., but also which ad agencies they partner with.

Read the rest here.

According to Benny Johnson, it is critical that Brendan Carr chair the FCC in the new Trump administration.

Johnson:

🚨The Chairman of the FCC is an absolutely critical position in the new Trump Administration.

Bad policy at The FCC could cripple free speech and independent media while destroying companies like X and Starlink in a regulatory death-spiral.

This is why I am endorsing Brendan Carr for Chairman of the FCC. Brendan is a fierce Constitutional advocate for free expression and truth. As FCC Chairman he would crush the political bias and censorship industry along with the regulatory cartel stifling new technology and innovation. Brendan would *actually* expand blazing fast WiFi for Americans and scrutinize old deals that benefit DC Super-donors over real Americans. Most importantly, Brendan sees the future of communication America as driven by *more* freedom and less control in DC.

Brendan currently serves as an FCC Commissioner appointed by Trump. I hope Trump elevates
@BrendanCarrFCC
to Chairman so he can get to work bulldozing old broken censorship systems and usher in a new Golden Age of free speech.

Western Civilization requires it!

Last year, Carr dissented as the FCC tried to go after Elon Musk at the behest of the Biden regime.