Brendan Carr wants to preserve data caps, punish NBC, and give money to SpaceX.

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.

    • Mirshe@lemmy.world
      411·
      3 days ago

      I believe him when he said he didn’t read it, because his staffers say he won’t read a goddamn thing unless it glowingly mentions him several times (or it’s a book of Hitler’s speeches). Trump himself has said he considers reading a waste of time.

      What I DO believe is that he’s being spoonfed lists of appointees by the Heritage Foundation.

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    3 days ago

    And let me guess, the public 915Mhz band will get sold to NextNav despite everyone’s objections.

    • Scolding7300@lemmy.world
      10·
      3 days ago

      For those like myself, wondering why is this significant, here’s a comment from Reddit:

      Here’s a long answer. To the first question, “What’s the significance of 915Mhz?”

      In the United States, all devices which emit electromagnetic energy (radio waves) are legally under the purview of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC publishes regulations which state the conditions that must be met to make these emissions legal. Most of the time, the rules primarily relate to the frequency and power of the radio waves being emitted. Secondarily, the intentions of the device owner are considered.

      So what’s special about 915 MHz under these rules? 915 MHz is the center frequency of a band of frequencies, stretching from 902 MHz to 928 MHz, which has been set aside for “Industrial, Scientific and Medicine” use (ISM). Subject to several other conditions, this band is free for anyone to use for nearly any legal purpose.

      This is unlike other frequencies, such as the band from 88 MHz to 108 MHz, which can only legally be used by commercial FM radio stations, and only then if they’ve received a license for the specific frequency they’ve been assigned and hired licensed engineers who ensure that the signal won’t interfere with any other licensed stations and obeys other technical requirements.

      There are other ISM bands beside 902-928 MHz. One of them is at 2.4 GHz, which make look familiar as well.

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        3 days ago

        Also, as an amateur radio operator, it has a section reserved for amateur hacking that they’re just going to take away because someone asked for it. They have a “think of the children” argument they’re pandering about, but it’s all about line go up, of course.

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    3 days ago

    US has already stopped investing in technology education (even people as young as 20 years old that walk in the shop here show no indication of technology education)

    Democracy does die in darkness in part due to loss of progress in technology