Empower user filters/age controls; make Big Tech contribute to Universal Service Fund
Mandate urges FCC/Congress rules empowering user-chosen filters/fact-checkers and stronger child age-gating, and says Congress should require Big Tech to contribute appropriately to the ~$9B USF (while noting some conservatives prefer appropriations reform instead).
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 28 (FCC) — Reining in Big Tech: support efforts to empower consumers—Section 230 codifies user control; empower consumers to choose their own content filters and fact checkers; ensure stronger protections against young children accessing social media despite age restrictions; require Big Tech to begin to contribute a fair share to the Universal Service Fund currently funded via charges on traditional telecom bills.
Undo plan
1) Fund USF via sustainable broadband contribution reform with privacy protections—not ad-hoc Big Tech assessments alone.
2) Prefer congressional USF restructuring/appropriations over expanding contribution base by FCC fiat.
3) Child age-gating should minimize new sensitive-data collection; favor device-level parental tools.
4) Keep filter choice voluntary; bar government-selected fact-checker mandates.
5) Verify: USF contribution base; COPPA/age-assurance privacy impact assessments.