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• @oliverdarcy Oliver Darcy on threads

  The Verge Editor-In-Chief @reckless1280 doesn't pull punches on Elon Musk and Donald Trump's Big Tech enablers:  —  “America now has an unelected defense contractor sitting in the White House doing ketamine and twiddling the algorithmic knobs of an influential right-wing echo cha…

• @carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla on bluesky

  NILAY: “.. All of these men .. have to manipulate Trump's narcissism .. they have no choice.  Tim Cook had been quietly setting the stage to retire — but he's stuck kissing the ring and hosting fake factory openings for another four years ..”  —  @reckless.bsky.social  —  www.sta…

• @seanokane.bsky.social Sean O'Kane on bluesky

  “If you're a media executive or editorial leader and you haven't met with your legal team to understand the current landscape of First Amendment threats, let alone the ones to come, you're already behind.  Get on it.”  —  @reckless.bsky.social to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social  —  www.…

• @jjvincent.bsky.social James Vincent on bluesky

  “I don't think there's a trend towards actual conservatism in the Valley — there's a trend towards monopoly and corruption, and that's led a bunch of VCs directly to Trump.”  - astute as ever from @reckless.bsky.social www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...

• @katie-drummond.bsky.social Katie Drummond on bluesky

  This is completely right from @reckless.bsky.social and more should be saying it.  The *worst possible outcome* is that you over-prepare for a nightmare scenario that never comes to pass.  The most realistic outcome, unfortunately, is that it does.  —  www.status.news/p/nilay-pat…

• @yannlecun Yann LeCun on threads

  Musk: “we are for unfettered free speech, including freedom to disinform.  But purveyors of actual information we don't like will be prosecuted to oblivion.”

• @karlbode.bsky.social Karl Bode on bluesky

  also, as @futureofmusic.bsky.social notes, yeah, not a single mention of Carr's broad support for stripping away what remains of media consolidation limits  —  that's curiously not of interest to a consolidated media either

• @karlbode.bsky.social Karl Bode on bluesky

  you'd think, were you a journalist paid to inform readers, you could work in a mention that Carr is the exact opposite of the “populist” leadership Trumpists deluded themselves into voting for.  A status quo captured regulator whose primary function is to coddle telecom monopolie…

• @karlbode.bsky.social Karl Bode on bluesky

  these are top, long-time WAPO and NYT staffers who've been working in the field for more than a decade failing to report on the CENTRAL REASON Carr is being put in the post  —  before you even get to the “big tech” stuff his NUMBER ONE goal is to make life easy on AT&T, Verizon a…

• @karlbode.bsky.social Karl Bode on bluesky

  lots of quotes from Republicans propping up the false “censorship” narratives.  Lots of talk about whether or not he can regulate tech.  Even one quote calling him a super talented politician.  —  nary a reference to the fact his PRIMARY GOAL will be to take a hatchet to consumer…

• @karlbode.bsky.social Karl Bode on bluesky

  The New York Times story, like the WAPO story, simply doesn't mention that a key component of a Carr FCC will be dismantling the entirety of the agency's broadband consumer protection efforts  —  just apparently not worth a mention

• @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social Nicholas Grossman on bluesky

  Blatant financial corruption like this is a good thing to highlight publicly, and to never accept as okay.  —  They control the state, so they'll succeed at some of this.  But that doesn't mean they'll succeed with all, nor that we should accept it.  And a lot of the public reall…

• @pwnallthethings.bsky.social @pwnallthethings.bsky.social on bluesky

  the amount of corruption and national looting under trump is going to be unhinged [embedded post]

• @donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan on bluesky

  Two patterns to watch here:  —  *A Project 2025 author joining Trump's government.  —  *A series of policy appointments and decisions that will benefit Musk's companies [embedded post]

• @craigsilverman.bsky.social Craig Silverman on bluesky

  As expected, Trump named Brendan Carr to chair the FCC.  Carr is a big fan of Starlink and is vocal about the need to reform the protections that Section 230 gives big tech.  —  Here's his recent thread about big tech, the “censorship cartel,” and his concerns about NewsGuard and…

• @nytceciliakang.bsky.social Cecilia Kang on bluesky

  Meet Brendan Carr, Trump's pick to lead the FCC.  —  I've never seen any FCC chair get named this quickly.  —  Why?  Carr has crusaded against Big Tech, promised to slash regulations, and sided with Elon Musk on his satellite internet endeavors.  —  www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/t..…

• @mmasnick.bsky.social Mike Masnick on bluesky

  Not that this is surprising, but...  [images]

• @brendancarrfcc Brendan Carr on x

  Thank you, President Trump! I am humbled and honored to serve as Chairman of the FCC. Now we get to work. 🇺🇸 [image]

• @brendancarrfcc Brendan Carr on x

  We must dismantle the censorship cartel and restore free speech rights for everyday Americans.

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  This blog post was designed to lay the groundwork for Carr's stated plan as FCC chair: revive the first Trump Administration's proposed rule to narrow 230. Again, we know this because Carr's Project 2025 chapter cited the blog post in a footnote: https://static.project2025.org/ .…

• @neil_chilson Neil Chilson on x

  Congrats, @BrendanCarrFCC! Carr had a persuasive dissent on the FCC's ill-advised proposed “Disclosure Rules for the Use of AI in Political Ads.” I look forward to having that intellectual firepower setting the FCC agenda.

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  1. Carr wrote in Project 2025 that FCC should issue an order “reinterpreting” (narrowing) 230. In the final year of Trump's first term, Trump NTIA officials Nathan Simington and Adam Candeub tried to start such a rulemaking to weaken Section 230. 2/ [image]

• @timsweeneyepic Tim Sweeney on x

  Gatekeeer censorship and chilling of speech is very real.  Apple tried to silence me and ban my company, Epic Games, from competing with Apple under Europe's Digital Markets Act on account of my speech criticizing Apple and their practices.  Who stepped up and stopped this?  Not …

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  2. Carr proposed to narrow the scope of Section 230 in order to “limit the number of cases in which a platform can censor with the benefit of Section 230's protections.” In other words, it's an attack on content moderation. https://static.project2025.org/ ... 5/ [image]

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  3. Carr wants to scrap 230 and replace it with laws like TX's law banning content moderation. Of course, SCOTUS said clearly in Netchoice v. Paxton that TX can't handcuff private companies' content moderation choices. 7/ [image]

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  I realize that Section 230 has been a political punching bag. But Dems should remember that 230 incentivizes and helps protect content moderation. 230 makes the Internet possible. That is *why* MAGA is going after 230. And that's why Dems should stand up to protect it. 10/

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  You might think: the FCC has nothing to do with Section 230. 230 is a matter for the courts. But two weeks before Biden beat Trump in the 2020 election, FCC Chair Ajit Pai's General Counsel published a blog post arguing for FCC authority over 230: https://www.fcc.gov/... 3/ [imag…

• @ericliptonnyt Eric Lipton on x

  Here are just a few of his appeals to defend SpaceX and Starlink. [image]

• @timsweeneyepic Tim Sweeney on x

  American freedom of speech will exist in name only if private monopolies have free rein to censor or shadowban the opinions of Americans they dislike or disagree with.Painting @BrendanCarrFCC or anybody as opposing “content moderation” is misleading and dishonest...

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  230 protects the rights of platforms to moderate offensive, harassing speech, and hate speech. Section 230 makes the Internet better - and weakening it won't hurt FB or Google, but instead hurt all Internet users. https://insidesources.com/... 6/

• @matthewkeyslive Matthew Keys on x

  Carr has affirmed support to impose cable-like carriage rules on streaming services like Fubo and YouTube TV. This will cause higher fees and programming-related blackouts on these services, which are already common on cable and satellite platforms. Remember this tweet. $FUBO

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  5. Carr wants to “empower” consumers to “choose their own content filters and fact checkers.” Of course, consumers already do choose their own content and news sources. That's conservatives have flocked to Rumble and Truth Social (which also rely on 230's protection BTW). 9/ [ima…

• @shaunmmaguire Shaun Maguire on x

  Brendan Carr as Chairman of the FCC THIS IS BECOMING THE DREAM TEAM Bravo! 👏 👏 👏 [image]

• @jimsciutto Jim Sciutto on x

  Conflict of interest - one of more and more we're seeing - in plain sight.

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  @shaunmmaguire Great choice

• @ericliptonnyt Eric Lipton on x

  Trump to name Brendan Carr—a massive champion for Elon Musk and his Starlink system—as chairman of the F.C.C. which controls orbital access by space communications companies in the US. [image]

• @timsweeneyepic Tim Sweeney on x

  @adamkovac @BrendanCarrFCC Apple threatened to block Twitter from iOS. Apple and Google have blocked multiple social media apps on account of not liking the lawful speech they allowed, and Apple has gone through multiple purges of privacy apps in Russia. https://www.cnn.com/...

• @mattmfm Matt McDermott on x

  This is just ridiculous: the ‘DOGE’ account has a gray verified checkmark denoting it as an ‘official government account’ even though there is currently no such government entity. Emblematic of how much this platform has turned into state-run media for Trump. [image]

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  4. Carr wants to amend Section 230 to mandate appeals processes for content removals - and allow the FCC to prosecute companies over their content removals. This was part of the FL and TX laws that were enjoined because they ran into a 1st Amendment buzzsaw. 8/ [image]

• @shortlawyer @shortlawyer on x

  Fact checking is free speech. Removal of speech a private organization's wishes to not be associated with is free speech. Using the FCC to thwart a private organization's wish to not be associated with speech is not free speech.

• @lindayax Linda Yaccarino on x

  Great American. Awesome human ! 🇺🇸

• @matthewstoller Matt Stoller on x

  I like @BrendanCarrFCC. He is going to allow consolidation in some important areas, but he understands the problem of concentration in big tech.

• r/ASTSpaceMobile r on reddit

  Trump Picks Brendan Carr to Lead F.C.C