One obstacle is FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, who spends the lion’s share of his time going on the television to complain about TikTok, despite the fact he doesn’t actually regulate social media.Now, post-Roe, it’s all but guaranteed this and other data (search histories, app usage) is going to be used by states (and potentially vigilantes, since this data is often easy to purchase) looking to target abortion seekers and those who help them.The FCC will then have a year and a half before the next presidential election to implement any reform; an extremely tight window that surely pleases industry giants looking to keep the FCC on the consumer protection sidelines in perpetuity.Filed Under: brendan carr, broadband, competition, fcc, fines, gigi sohn, high speed internet, location data, privacy, telecom, wireless Companies: at&t, t-mobile, verizon Companies: at&t, t-mobile, verizon Comments on “AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile Could Dodge Millions In Location Data Fines Thanks To Industry Attacks On FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn” Even if through some miracle fines are imposed, they will be laughably small and never paid.Here’s the thing you’re neglecting to mention – the end of net neutrality didn’t immediately wreck the internet because 1) ISPs were on their best behavior because immediately indulging in their worst impulses would’ve immediately proved that throwing out net neutrality was a bad idea, and 2) several states like California stepped in to institute their own net neutrality rules anyway thanks to the Trump FCC shooting itself in the foot by accidentally making itself incapable of preventing the states from regulating ISP behavior by abdicating its authority over broadband consumer protection, which meant ISPs didn’t have a blank cheque to do whatever they wanted – in fact, the California law went further than the original FCC net neutrality rules in killing zero rating, which is good because zero rating is anti-competitive garbage."