FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Rejects Calls to Block Elon Musk’s Twitter TakeoverAllum Bokhari
27 Apr 2022
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr rejected calls from a leftist think tank to intervene in Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, calling the organization’s concerns “frivolous.”
Yesterday, the leftist-run Open Markets Institute released a press release calling on the FCC, FTC, and DOJ to block the Twitter purchase in the name of “neutrality,” and said Musk’s takeover “poses a number of immediate and direct threats to American democracy and free speech.”
The Open Markets Institute did not attempt to explain its doublespeak claim that Musk, who has promised to restore free speech to Twitter after years of leftist-led censorship, represents a threat to free speech.
In a response issued via the FCC, Commissioner Carr said the leftist think tank’s position was “absurd.”
“The FCC has no authority to block Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, and to suggest otherwise is absurd,” said Carr. “I would welcome the full FCC making it clear that we will not entertain these types of frivolous arguments.”
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https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/04/27/fcc-commissioner-brendan-carr-rejects-calls-to-block-elon-musks-twitter-takeover/
