President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday nominated Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr to be the next Secretary of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
President Trump: “I am pleased to announce that Commissioner Brendan Carr will serve as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)…In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments, I am appointing him Permanent Chairman.'' ” said.
President Trump praised Carr as a “free speech warrior” who “has fought against regulatory laws that stifle American freedoms and stifle the economy.”
I accept the nomination, Kerr. said “I am humbled and honored to serve as FCC Chairman,” he said.
“Now let's get to work,” Kerr continued. He will replace Democratic FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.
Carr — first appointed by President Trump to serve as FCC Commissioner in 2017 And in 2018 and by President Joe Biden in 2023 — received unanimous approval in the Senate each time, according to his biography On the FCC website.
Mr. Kerr, Republican FCC Executive peeled off The Biden-Harris administration spoke out in the Wall Street Journal in October about “costly delays” in delivering broadband to rural America that the administration had promised. “If only we could be freed from the burdens of our past,” Carr wrote. He also noted that three years after X owner Elon Musk's Starlink won an award for “bringing high-speed internet to more than 640,000 rural homes and businesses,” the FCC announced that X owner Elon Musk, It was also outraged that it canceled an $885 million award to Elon Musk's Starlink. (Related: FCC Commissioner Brendan Kerr criticizes Kamala Harris' 'biased and partisan' 'SNL' appearance)
In a May 2022 op-ed for the Daily Wire, Carr also said: slammed Musk's October 2022 acquisition of Twitter (currently There is a possibility that they may try to block it as something that has been attached to them.
car was praised The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted in March to force TikTok to divest from China-based owner ByteDance or be banned in the United States, calling the social media app's actions “a serious national security threat.” “a security threat'' and outside the protections afforded by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. . (Related article: FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr shames China's information czar: 'It's always the right time to drag in the communists')
car too shouted Big Tech's approach to content moderation called for “transparency, accountability, and user empowerment.”
in Letter of November 13th Carr accused Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and Apple of having “played a significant role” in the “unprecedented surge” in censorship over the past four years.
By December, he had submitted information about his activities with an “Orwellian named Newsguard” (a “commercial company operating as part of a broader censorship cartel”) that helped “enforce one-sided discourse” to the FCC. requested that it be provided. 10.
Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and others have played central roles in the censorship cartel.
The Orwellian-appointed Newsguard, along with “fact-checking” groups and advertising agencies, helped enforce one-sided reporting.
The censorship cartel must be dismantled. pic.twitter.com/Xf0sEYOUfv
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 15, 2024
Mr. Carr celebrates President Trump's election victory I wrote“Once the transition is complete, the FCC will rein in Big Tech, ensure stations operate in the public interest, advance national security interests, and unlock economic growth while supporting law enforcement.” It will play an important role.”
I would like to congratulate President Trump on his historic election victory.
The American people have sent a clear and decisive message to Washington. It's time to change course.
That's why I agree with Congressional leadership that the FCC should immediately cease work on any issue… pic.twitter.com/Yh0adHLNQU
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 7, 2024
Immediately after Carr accepted Trump's nomination, swore “Dismantling the censorship cartel and restoring the right to free speech to ordinary Americans.”
“On the base” answered Musk.
