FCC Commissioner Calls Biden Equity Plan for Internet Control ‘Sweeping, Unprecedented, and Unlawful

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has sharply rebuked President Biden’s “digital equity” initiative as a dangerous overreach, labeling it an “unlawful power grab” that threatens to place the entire internet ecosystem under the heavy hand of the federal government. Carr contends that Biden’s plan would bestow the administrative state with a level of control over internet services and infrastructure that is both unprecedented and unfounded in legal precedent. This shift to expansive government controls, according to Carr, is an alarming departure from historical regulatory restraint and could signify a severe constriction of technological freedom and innovation.