Brendan Carr

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Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

Big Tech is in a far more dominant position when it comes to controlling the free flow of information today than cable was in 1996. This is particularly so given the centrality of Big Tech’s role in defining what can be said in the modern day / digital town square. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 27, 2022

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Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

In 1996, the Supreme Court wrote that “ensuring public access to a multiplicity of information sources” is a “governmental purpose of the highest order” and, given the bottleneck control cable systems then held, required cable to carry speech they otherwise would have rejected. — PolitiTweet.org

Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundament… https://t.co/ju5p8K6M16

Posted March 27, 2022

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Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

So just like Congress lawfully imposed must-carry rules on cable in 1996—rules that triggered First Amendment scrutiny because they plainly limited cable’s exercise of editorial discretion concerning what speech to carry—Congress can take similar action today w/r/t to Big Tech. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 27, 2022