BROOKINGS – 13/09/2018
Tom Wheeler
The Trump Administration appears to be following through on the president’s threats to online freedom of speech. On Aug. 28 President Trump tweeted about “RIGGED” online services “controlling what we can & cannot see” and how this “very serious situation—will be addressed!” The following day he explained to reporters, “You know what we want? Not regulation, we want fairness.” The momentum continued to build the next day when the president told Bloomberg, “it is a very antitrust situation, the three of them [Google, Facebook, and Amazon].