FCC Commissioner says Big Tech needs to be held accountable if they don’t stick to their terms of service

When President Trump signed an Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship, much of the attention was on the ? potential impact such an order could have on the liability protections Big Tech companies are granted under Section 230 of The Communications Decency Act (CDA).

However, in an interview with political commentator Mark Dice, Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Brendan Carr brought attention to another less talked about aspect of this Executive Order which calls for a “Federal Review of Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices.”

In the interview, Carr noted that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will be tasked with reviewing whether these social media companies are following their own terms of services and applying them fairly under this section.

Carr also discussed how many executives from these companies have publicly stated to Congress that they operate without political bias and added that these companies should be held accountable for how they apply their terms of service:

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