“It will put an end to the regulatory assault that has paralyzed American job creators and innovators,” assured the president-elect in a press release.
Published on 18/11/2024 07:38
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Donald Trump continues to build his team. The president-elect announced Sunday, November 18, the appointment as head of the American telecoms regulator, the FCC, of Brendan Carr, whom he described as “free speech warrior”supported by Elon Musk and who wants “regain control of Big Tech”. Brendan Carr also reacted on X: “we must dismantle the censorship cartel”imposed according to him by the tech giants Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft, “and restore Americans' right to free speech”.
Brendan Carr has worked at the FCC since 2012, and has been one of its commissioners since 2017, appointed to the position by Donald Trump during his first term. He had previously worked as a lawyer specializing in regulatory issues. “He will end the regulatory assault that has crippled America's job creators and innovators, and ensure the FCC meets the expectations of rural America.”Donald Trump once again assured.
Brendan Carr also benefited from the support of Elon Musk, whom Donald Trump appointed to head a commission for“governmental efficiency”. He had in fact opposed a decision by the FCC to withdraw a major subsidy from Starlink, one of Elon Musk's companies, recalls the New York Times. “In my opinion, this is nothing more than a regulatory retaliatory measure against one of the main targets of the left: Mr. Musk”he wrote in a column published in the Wall Street Journal.
Brendan Carr is also the author of the telecoms chapter of “Project 2025”, a nearly 900-page document developed by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, and road map for the overhaul of the federal state under Donald Trump . “The FCC must change course” et “achieve four primary goals: regain control of Big Tech, promote national security, unleash economic prosperity, and ensure FCC accountability and good governance”he wrote there.
