Critics, including FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, argue that the decision represents a dangerous overreach of government power.
Carr believes the plan gives the government too much control over the entire internet business and calls it an "unlawful power grab." He thinks the plan leans toward central planning instead of free-market capitalism.
"Those rules would give the federal government a roving mandate to micromanage nearly every aspect of how the Internet functions—from how ISPs allocate capital and where they build to the services that consumers can purchase; from the profits that ISPs can realize and how they market and advertise services to the discounts and promotions that consumers can receive," Carr said.
The commissioner noted that the plan goes beyond just the communications sector and could regulate various industries like landlords, construction, marketing, banking and even the government. He also fears that the FCC could enforce rules even without evidence of intentional discrimination.
"Even in the absence of any evidence of intentional discrimination, the Biden plan states the FCC can impose potentially unbounded liability if the agency finds that some act or even failure to act happened to result in a disparate impact based on the FCC’s own judgment. Reading this theory of liability into the law conflicts with the Supreme Court’s civil rights precedent. The FCC should not adopt it," Carr said.
Kyle Becker, a former writer and associate producer for Fox News, can't help but take his disapproval to X, formerly Twitter.
"This is how Woke politics – rooted in Critical Race Theory – is driving a complete takeover of all aspects of American life. 'Equity' and identity politics are being used to subvert the nation’s institutions. The first step to a globalist shadow cabal taking over this country is take over and control our information. Today, we saw the Biden regime take a bold step towards that corrupt end. Alarming," he tweeted.
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