Donald Trump has picked Brendan Carr to function his subsequent FCC chairman, choosing the senior Republican on the fee.
Carr’s selection had been anticipated. Trump nominated Carr to serve on the FCC in his first time period.
Trump stated in a press release, “Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought in opposition to the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled People’ Freedoms, and held again our Financial system. He’ll finish the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America’s Job Creators and Innovators, and be certain that the FCC delivers for rural America.”
For years, Carr has railed in opposition to tech platforms for what he characterizes as efforts to stifle conservative voices, though social media giants deny such systematic discrimination takes place.
That stated, Carr criticized NBC for that includes Kamala Harris on Saturday Night time Reside simply days earlier than the presidential election. The community gave equal time to Donald Trump the following day, however even after Trump’s victory, Carr continued to chide the community, noting that different presidential candidate weren’t given free entry to the airwaves.
Carr authored a portion of Challenge 2025 that’s calling for limitations on social media giants’ capacity to reasonable their content material.
