Trump picks Brfinishan Carr to direct FCC

Pdwellnt-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that intfinishs to name Brfinishan Carr as chairman of the Federal Communications Comleave oution. Carr, a comleave outioner at the FCC since 2017, has made a name for himself by menaceening to engage the comleave oution’s powers to regutardy speech online and over the airwaves.

Carr authored Project 2025’s section on the FCC, using it to recommend remercilessions on social media platestablishs uncomardentt to bolster conservative speech. He recommendd restricting the lhorrible shield that donates websites wide latitude to present and temperate engager-produced satisfied. He also recommended putting regulations on tech companies that would restrict their ability to block and arrange that satisfied as they select.

In the direct up to the election, Carr menaceened to engage the comleave oution’s powers to punish companies for speech he doesn’t appreciate. Just this month, he floated revoking NBC’s widecast license after SNL featured Kamala Harris. As comleave outioner, he voted to repeal net imfragmentaryity rules in 2017 and tardyr voted agetst restoring net imfragmentaryity earlier this year.

In an exceptionpartner unclear statement, Trump says Carr will “finish the regulatory onschucklet crippling America’s Job Creators and Innovators.” He also says that Carr will “secure that the FCC dedwellrs for agricultural America.”