Brendan Carr

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

RT @Logan_Ratick: FCC Commissioner @BrendanCarrFCC to Newsmax TV: Alternatives to Chinese Apps Like Tik-Tok 'Welcome News' https://t.co/S32… — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

@ChristopherTerr Lol. Not just memories. For both ISPs & Big Tech we need less government control than regulating them as utilities & more than nothing. I’ve called for applying the same level of reg to Big Tech as I’ve voted for on ISPs (transparency etc) Reasonable ppl can certainly disagree — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

“Calling for genocide on Twitter is okay, but commenting on political situations in certain countries is not okay?” “What’s come up again and again ... is a sense of double standards ...and you have to be held to account for that.” - @CotlerWunsh — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

When it comes to #BigTech, conservatives don’t have to sit on their hands and do nothing. We can work for transparency, holding Silicon Valley accountable, and empowering users. I’ve laid out a path for doing just that: — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

On Big Tech, conservatives should stand for more than nothing. Work for transparency, accountability, & empowerment. As William F. Buckley, Jr. wrote, "I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General Motors"—and, I would add, not to Big Tech. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

As the FCC takes up the Administration's Section 230 petition, we should do so mindful of how we can return power to Internet users over their online experiences. One idea is to let consumers turn off the bias filters. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

The third guidepost for reform should be user empowerment. Section 230 itself codifies "user control" as an express goal, and it encourages Internet platforms to provide tools that will "empower" users to engage in their own content moderation. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

The FTC can examine Internet companies and their commitments through the lens of the agency's unfair or deceptive business practices authority, and it should start doing so with a vigor commensurate with the power wielded by those corporations. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

Or take accountability. When Big Tech represents that, for all of their content moderation practices, they do not engage in partisan, political takedowns, they should be held accountable for those representations. This is where the FTC should step up its scrutiny of Big Tech. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

The FCC and FTC should apply that same approach to Big Tech. This would ensure that all Internet users, from entrepreneurs to small businesses, have the information they need to make informed choices. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

At the FCC, we require Internet service providers to comply with a transparency rule that provides a good baseline for Big Tech. Under this rule, ISPs must provide detailed disclosures about any practices that would shape Internet traffic—from blocking to discriminating. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

Start with transparency. Today, Big Tech offers a black box. On Twitter, social media posts are left up or taken down, accounts suspended or permanently banned, without any apparent consistency. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

In the face of this unprecedented concentration of power and market distortion, an ostrich-like response to Big Tech is not the path forward. Instead, conservatives should work towards change in three main areas: transparency, accountability, and user empowerment. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

Updating our approach to Big Tech and Section 230 would bring much-needed transparency and accountability. Good to discuss my proposals with @larryoconnor on @wmaldc radio https://t.co/t11YkEOLFR — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

Joining @seanspicer on @newsmax tonight in 6:00 eastern hour to talk #BigTech, #Section230, and a path forward on social media that will promote transparency, accountability, and user empowerment. Tune in! — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

Joining @LarryOConnor to discuss Big Tech and Section 230 on @WMALDC radio around 4:05 eastern. 📻 — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

@mmasnick @techdirt Mike, it’s hard to engage with you b/c you assert as fact things that I don’t say. The op-ed doesnt say Google targeted conservative speech at The Federalist or only targets conservatives. It describes the site & links to examples where Google has acted regardless of politics. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

https://t.co/oAro6BWnCf — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

When Congress conferred special benefits on Internet companies in the 1990s, it did so, as Section 230 states, "to preserve the vibrant and competitive free market that presently exists." Has it worked out that way? — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

Or consider how Google recently leveraged its dominant position in the online advertising market to effectively shut down the comment section of The Federalist, a conservative online publication. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

If you are a small biz for which an online presence is table stakes in today's economy, you have no choice but to accept the terms dictated to you by Big Tech. Take Google, which manipulates search results to benefit large, established firms at the expense of smaller competitors. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

They’re not merely exercising market power; they’re abusing dominant positions. They’re not simply prevailing in a free market; they’re taking advantage of a landscape skewed by the government to favor their business models over others. Crony capitalism is not free enterprise — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

Section 230 confers a unique set of benefits on social media companies that go beyond the First Amendment rights all other speakers enjoy. Today, the Administration filed a petition asking the FCC to issue rules clarifying Section 230. I look forward to FCC action: https://t.co/KH4Gz7VQMt — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

This is a false choice, of course. And this framing ignores the ways in which Big Tech has accumulated and now wields its power. A handful of corporations with state-like influence now shape everything from the information we consume to the places where we shop. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

There are some on the Right who see no problems worth addressing or believe that any form of government-imposed accountability would do more harm than good. We must accept the status quo or reject the limited government, free market principles that conservatives stand for. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

For many Republicans, this debate is about our path forward. Do we hold Big Tech accountable or do we sit on our hands and do nothing? — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

For many Democrats, the path forward is clear. They want to break up Big Tech. They want a moratorium on mergers. And they want social media companies to censor even more online speech. — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

RT @JohnHendel: "As to Big Tech, there are some on the Right who see no problems worth addressing or believe that any form of government-im… — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

And Communist China will keep disappearing its own people until this number reaches 100% @SpokespersonCHN — PolitiTweet.org

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

RT @seanspicer: Conservatives who have an issue with Big Tech need to get behind real solutions - @FCC commissioner @BrendanCarrFCC is out… — PolitiTweet.org