{"id":2370855,"date":"2024-11-19T14:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T19:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-fcc-chairman-nominee-aiming-to-prioritize-combating-tech-censorship-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T14:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T19:38:09","slug":"trumps-fcc-chairman-nominee-aiming-to-prioritize-combating-tech-censorship-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-fcc-chairman-nominee-aiming-to-prioritize-combating-tech-censorship-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s FCC chairman nominee aiming to prioritize combating tech censorship &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-fcc-chairman-nominee-aiming-to-prioritize-combating-tech-censorship-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2370855&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Brendan Carr,\u200c nominated by \u200cPresident-elect \u2064Donald Trump to\u2062 chair the Federal Communications Commission \u2063(FCC), is poised to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">prioritize<\/a> the fight\u200c against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-suspends-demonetizes-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"YouTube Suspends, Demonetizes One America News Network\">tech censorship<\/a> in \u200cthe United States. Carr emphasized the importance \u200dof free\u2064 speech as a fundamental principle of democracy, highlighting a growing concern over censorship in recent years.\u200b He\u2063 expressed his commitment to restoring First Amendment rights for Americans and suggested that the \u200bFCC has a role to play in revitalizing the media landscape, which he argues has \u2063lost public trust.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on Fox News,\u200d Carr acknowledged an opinion piece by Jeff Bezos\u2063 about the diminishing trust in media, stating that the legacy media&#8217;s \u201cstatus quo\u201d must change. He mentioned the need for\u2062 broadcasters, who are \u2063licensed by \u200bthe FCC, to renew their \u200bdedication to serving the public interest. Additionally, he alluded to ongoing complaints \u2064against \u2064CBS&#8217;s &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221;\u2064 regarding its interview practices, \u2062indicating that such \u200cissues will be reviewed \u2063by the \u200cFCC.<\/p>\n<p>Carr&#8217;s leadership at the FCC is expected to focus on \u200baddressing concerns related to free expression and the media&#8217;s role in society.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s FCC chairman nominee aiming to prioritize combating tech censorship<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1885861\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> nominee for chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fcc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Federal Communications Commission<\/a>, Brendan Carr, previewed his priorities in the Trump administration, one of which will be fighting censorship in the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In announcing Carr&rsquo;s nomination, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3232916\/trump-picks-brendan-carr-for-chairman-of-fcc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump has described him as a &ldquo;warrior for Free Speech&rdquo;<\/a> and someone who has &ldquo;fought against the regulatory lawfare that has stifled Americans&rsquo; Freedoms, and held back our Economy.&rdquo; Carr gave his thanks to Trump on Tuesday while congratulating him on winning the election, after which he previewed several major topics he intends to address while working with the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">president-elect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From my perspective, there&rsquo;s a couple of top issues,&rdquo; Carr said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em>. &ldquo;Number one is looking at tech censorship. Free speech is the bedrock of our democracy, and there&rsquo;s been this unprecedented surge in censorship over the last couple of years, and we need to restore Americans&rsquo; First Amendment rights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2700962&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=299e43acaa164d8ca1ae766f68d6aea1\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carr also expressed a desire to improve the nation&rsquo;s media, referencing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/10\/28\/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/credit-card-companies-make-big-announcements-about-pornhub-following-horrifying-claims\/\" title=\"Credit Card Companies Make Big Announcements About Pornhub Following Horrifying Claims\">op-ed published<\/a> by billionaire Jeff Bezos<\/a>, the owner of the <em>Washington Post,<\/em> explaining how public trust in the media is now lower than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Congress<\/a>. Carr contended that Bezos spoke &ldquo;a lot of truth&rdquo; with his op-ed and argued &ldquo;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-firebrand-ben-gvir-challenges-netanyahu-on-temple-mount-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Israeli firebrand Ben Gvir challenges Netanyahu on Temple Mount - Washington Examiner\">status quo&#038;rdquo<\/a>; over legacy media needs to change.<\/p>\n<p>When confronted on what the FCC can do to help legacy media, Carr explained how broadcasters are licensed by the FCC and that it is time to &ldquo;reinvigorate&rdquo; the broadcasters&rsquo; desire to serve the public interests. Carr also addressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3196360\/60-minutes-denies-deceitful-editing-in-harris-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the FCC complaint CBS&rsquo;s <em>60 Minutes<\/em> is dealing with<\/a> over its interview with Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, stating that he is &ldquo;pretty confident&rdquo; this complaint would arise in the FCC&rsquo;s review.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In closing his interview, Carr stated that one major factor would be to eliminate the promotion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives<\/a> in the FCC, contending that &ldquo;there&rsquo;s no place&rdquo; for this. Once the Trump administration&rsquo;s transition is finished, Carr promised that the FCC would return to its main mission, being &ldquo;world broadband.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The incoming Trump administration has made eliminating DEI initiatives from the U.S. government one of its priorities, with Trump&rsquo;s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3233969\/pete-hegseth-root-out-dei-military-noble-kaylee-mcghee-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">expressing a desire to remove these initiatives from the U.S. military<\/a>. In announcing former Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sean-duffy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sean Duffy&rsquo;s<\/a> nomination for transportation secretary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3234060\/trump-nominates-sean-duffy-transportation-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump vowed that Duffy would remove &ldquo;DEI for pilots and air traffic controllers.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1885861\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1885861\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s FCC chair nominee focuses on fighting tech censorship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2370856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Carr-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16609,9134,45320,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2370855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fcc","tag-nomination","tag-tech-censorship","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Carr-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370855"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370859,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370855\/revisions\/2370859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}