President-elect Donald Trump has announced Brendan Carr as the next head of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the organization responsible for setting the regulations governing telecoms, broadband, satellite communications and broadcasting in the US.
Unlike some of the executive appointments made by Trump in recent days, Carr is an experienced hand at the FCC, having served as a commissioner since 2017 after a period as an aide to Commissioner Ajit Pai before becoming the organization’s chief legal advisor.
He’s also got very strong opinions about where the FCC has been going wrong and where it might go in future. As Trump put it in his announcement of the appointment on Truth Social: “Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans’ Freedoms, and held back our Economy. He will end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America’s job creators and innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America.”
Source:: Network World