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.
The lack of tech knowledge just comes from growing up with tech that just works and that’s much less open than it was back in the day. The same thing is happening everywhere.
These youngsters need a few good bluescreens of death to harden em
It’s the truth, honestly. Just look at how smartphones have changed since the iPhone. Remember how it used to be a pretty common thing to switch wifi off and on to fix a connection issue? Or Airplane Mode? That was a troubleshooting step people learned naturally on the original smartphones because they had to. Personally I don’t even know where the Airplane Mode button is on my phone anymore. I can’t remember the last time I had to bounce my wifi. People just troubleshoot less now because stuff just works. We’re going to have to make an effort to keep up the skills for when they stop, or we’ll end up like a sci-fi civilization that can’t repair it’s crumbling ancient infrastructure