Trump's Incoming FCC Chairman Vows to Destroy Big Tech 'Censorship Cartel'

President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be the next Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Brendan Carr, appeared on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" and vowed to shut down the Big Tech "censorship cartel" that has silenced so many Americans and many (almost exclusively conservative) news outlets.

Trump's appointee sounded like he didn't come to play games:

"Combating tech censorship is going to be one of the top priorities for me. We need to restore Americans' right to free speech," he told "Sunday Morning Futures" guest host Jackie DeAngelis.
"You [DeSangelis] mentioned Facebook and other companies. They've been part of a censorship cartel that have worked with advertisers. They've worked with government officials to censor the free speech rights of everyday Americans, and that's got to end because censorship isn't just about stopping work. It's about stopping ideas."

Watch:

Today on @SundayFutures with @MariaBartiromo, guest host @JackieDeAngelis spoke with FCC Commissioner @BrendanCarrFCC about social media censorship. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/GJFsBKbKiY
— SundayMorningFutures (@SundayFutures) December 1, 2024

Carr continued, saying that when you infringe on our free speech, you are actually standing in the way of America's prosperity:

"America is a country of founders, of people that have pushed boundaries, pushed frontiers. They've innovated and, when you silence speech, you silence ideas, and we unleash America's prosperity again. That's why you feel this vibe shifting in the country where people know President Trump is about to lead another great American comeback, because this wet blanket of government control is going away, and our economy is going to flourish again."

Talk about Orwellian.

This person asked the FCC in 2020 to take enforcement action against any broadcaster that aired President Trump’s briefings without censoring him.

Her group then filed a member comment with the FCC in 2021 asking if Republicans should be shot for their… pic.twitter.com/ITnzgLecbS
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 30, 2024

Her group then filed a member comment with the FCC in 2021 asking if Republicans should be shot for their views. My decision to stand up for the free speech rights of everyday Americans and against the censorship cartel is not the threat, enforced silence is.

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Google, Twitter (before Elon Musk bought it and changed its name to X), Meta/Facebook, and others were notorious for censoring—often at the behest of the Biden-Harris regime—opinions that strayed from the official line. This was especially true during the COVID pandemic when any mention of the virus' origin or the effectiveness and/or dangers of the mRNA vaccines was likely to get you de-platformed or canceled. One way the tech overlords try to shut down sites like ours, where we bring you the truth, is to demonetize us (meaning, they refuse to run ads on the site when one of our writers fails to toe the line).

The censorship environment has gotten somewhat better since COVID mostly disappeared into the rear-view mirror, and after the lies of the administration and Big Media became so exposed after people got COVID after getting a shot despite being told that they wouldn't, and then Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance where he nuked the mainstream narrative that he was sharp as a tack.

Once the emperor was shown to have no clothes, it became harder for them to shut down stories about things that were obviously true. That being said, they can and do regularly still censor when they feel like it. If Elon Musk hadn't shown up and fought for free speech on the X platform, we may very well have been looking at a Kamala Harris administration come January.

I'm extremely hopeful that Carr is able to win this battle, as the insidious anti-free speech efforts by Big Tech, Big Government, and Big Media arguably brought us one of most divisive, destructive presidents in the history of the United States—none other than Joe Biden of course.

Unleash the hounds, Brendan.

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