Donald Trump has nominated Brendan Carr to head the Federal Communications Commission, handing a vociferous critic of Big Tech the job of regulating television, internet services and radio in the US.
The president-elect announced the nomination late on Sunday, describing Carr, already the most senior Republican commissioner on the FCC, as “a warrior for Free Speech” who would “end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America’s Job Creators and Innovators”.
While the FCC does not directly regulate large tech groups, it oversees parts of the sector such as broadband access and net neutrality.
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