FCC Unleashes Massive Deregulation Initiative

The US Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr announced a massive deregulation initiative. Its purpose is to roll back rules across the telecoms, media, and tech sectors.

The US regulatory agency is seeking public comment on every rule, regulation, or guidance document that the FCC should eliminate for the purposes of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens. As part of that plan, the FCC opened a new docket titled “In re: Delete, Delete, Delete” to carry out President Donald Trump’s goal to deregulate the telecoms sector.

“Under President Trump’s leadership, the Administration is unleashing a new wave of economic opportunity by ending the regulatory onslaught from Washington,” Carr stated. “For too long, administrative agencies have added new regulatory requirements over their authority or kept lawful regulations in place long after their shelf life had expired.”

He explained current regulations only create headwinds and slow down our country’s innovators, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Carr has long been a vocal critic of Big Tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft, as well as networks such as CBS and NBC. He, along with many Trump supporters, has accused them of undermining conservative viewpoints through censorship.