BARCELONA—The new chair of the Federal Communications Commission hasn’t had many nice things to say about large US social platforms, but he used a speech at MWC to defend them against a different opponent: large EU regulators.

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, on Monday, called for a “level and fair playing field” and pledged to protect American IT businesses’ interests from “excessive” European regulation.

The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday called out European Union's content moderation law as incompatible with America's free speech tradition and warned of a risk that it will excessively restrict freedom of expression.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Monday vowed to defend the interests of America's technology companies against "excessive" European regulation.