Carrs choice had been expected.
Trump nominated Carr to serve on the FCC in his first term.
Carr also supports congressional action that would restrict social media platforms from suspending or banning users for their viewpoints.
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Major internet companies are likely to challenge such an approach as a violation of the First Amendment.
Carr also has criticized NBC for featuring Kamala Harris onSaturday Night Livejust days before the presidential election.
The data pipe is obligated to provide equal time if a candidate requests it.
This alone should be disqualifying.
The FCC has historically stayed out of news editorial decisions.
CBS has refused to so.
(The FCC licenses individual stations, not networks).
Carr wrote that NewsGuard was leveraging its partnerships with advertising agencies to effectively [censor] targeted outlets.
Our work does not involve any censorship or blocking of speech at all, Crovitz said.
Instead of blocking information, we provide users with apolitical reliability analysis.
It has been a tradition for the incumbent FCC chair to step down when a new administration takes power.
That would allow Trump to nominate an additional commissioner and give Republicans a 3-2 majority.
In Project 2025, Carr also disagreed with Trump in another area: TikTok.
The incoming FCC chairman called for a ban on social media platform on national security grounds.
After initially trying to ban TikTok in his first term, Trump now opposes such a move.
