Big Tech has grown accustomed to operating without limitations. The lack of necessary oversight is most evident in their efforts to censor and block users for speech they don’t like. With President Trump’s election victory, Big Tech will soon learn that Americans do not appreciate being muzzled. This lesson will be taught by Trump’s pick for FCC chairman, Brendan Carr. At the helm of the agency, he will bring much-needed reform to the digital space that has been under the boot of Big Tech for too long.

In his statement announcing the selection of Carr for the role, President Trump called FCC Commissioner Carr a “warrior for Free Speech.” This title is well earned since, just days before the announcement, he sent a letter to Big Tech CEOs asking for answers relating to their reliance on the “Orwellian-named” company NewsGuard, which advertises itself as an unbiased rater of news organizations.
Carr rightly points out that NewsGuard betrays their self-righteousness by “[operating] as part of the broader censorship cartel.” He backed up his rhetoric by pointing to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the protections it affords for good faith actions taken by Big Tech. Since the FCC has jurisdiction over the implementation of those protections, Carr can leverage Section 230 to get Big Tech to respect the free speech of Americans. He posted on X that “Any tech company that continues to rely on NewsGuard is putting its Section 230 protections in serious jeopardy.”
Carr is also outspoken about the “messy, delayed rollout” of high-speed internet to Americans provided for in the 2021 infrastructure bill. The bill specifically set aside $42 billion for this purpose — money that has not been used to connect a single home or business. He called out the Biden administration for its focus on rewarding political friends rather than helping tax-paying Americans get online.
Additionally, Carr brought up how an $885 million infrastructure award won in the 2020 FCC auctio...