President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, wasted no time in setting forth his agenda. Carr, a senior Republican at the FCC, expressed his commitment to dismantling what he referred to as the 'censorship cartel' and restoring free speech rights for Americans.
Carr's comments, made on social media platform X, indicated a departure from past FCC chairs' focus on broadband internet deployment and wireless spectrum policy. Instead, he targeted technology companies for censorship, vowed to hold broadcast TV and radio stations accountable, and pledged to end the FCC's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
