Incoming FCC chairman Brendan Carr's censorial agenda, which is couched in the language of free speech, may be the biggest threat to the 1A in quite a long time
www.techdirt.com/2024/11/27/ b... Tim Karr / @timkarr.bsky.social : Where one of the bigger threats to free speech under the coming Trump admin, says the private entity NewsGuard “is under investigation for impinging First Amendment rights.” — I've met third graders who have a better understanding of the First Amendment than Brendan Carr. — youtu.be/VUzRKTzIn_I?... Eric Goldman / @ericgoldman.bsky.social : Is anyone running a pool on which Trump appointees are most likely to engage in unconstitutional jawboning per Murthy and Vullo? My leading contender: www.techdirt.com/2024/11/27/ b... Tim Karr / @timkarr.bsky.social : In reality, Carr must understand that the First Amendment is a protection against censorship by government actors like him—not a government sledgehammer used to silence dissenting voices, or, in the case of NewsGuard, groups that are simply fact-checking statements by officials like Carr & Trump ... Forums: r/politics : Brendan Carr Makes It Clear That He's Eager To Be America's Top Censor