Raise your hand if your social media reach has been hurt or you have been censored by big tech since Trump’s first term in office.
Donald Trump’s new appointment to take over the FCC, Brendan Carr, is about to hold big tech accountable.
Carr, the FCC Commissioner, announced an investigation into big tech that is sure to get their attention.
Going for the Throat
It was just announced that Trump has recommended Carr for the FCC Chair after he takes office, so this investigation is not something that is going to go away anytime soon.
Carr wrote an open letter to Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Apple CEO Tim Cook.
The letter stated, “Over the past few years, Americans have lived through an unprecedented surge in censorship.
“Your companies played significant roles in this improper conduct. Big Tech companies silenced Americans for doing nothing more than exercising their First Amendment rights.”
He also announced that he was going after NewsGuard, which rates the reliability of news services and blogs.
Carr wrote, “Indeed, NewsGuard bills itself as the Internet’s arbiter of truth or, as its co-founder put it, a ‘Vaccine Against Misinformation.’ NewsGuard purports to rate the credibility of news and information outlets and tells readers and advertisers which outlets they can trust.
“As the U.S. House Committee on Small Business 2024 Staff Report stated, ‘[t]hese ratings, combined with NewsGuard’s vast partnerships in the advertising industry, select winners and losers in the news media space.’”
This is massive news for conservative news sites and blogs because they have been getting crushed by big tech over the last decade.
I think I might be even more excited about NewsGuard due to the fact many email services and advertisers use this when making their decision on allowing platforms to use their services.
This will be a game changer, especially with Trump just coming into office.
My friends, it appears as though free speech is back!
