Trump’s pick for FCC chair wants to eliminate the law shielding social media companies from legal consequences for posts on their platforms
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, is a longtime opponent of Big Tech. Carr wants to do away with many of the protections afforded to large social media platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The provision gives online platforms some protections from legal consequences for third-party…