TikTok ban, net neutrality play: What to expect from Brendan Carr as US FCC chair?

US President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brendan Carr to serve as the chair of the country’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent agency that is overseen by the US Congress and tasked with regulating the telecommunications, broadband, and broadcasting industries, among other things.

Carr belongs to the Republican party and is one of the more experiences commissioners of the FCC. “Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans’ Freedoms, and held back our Economy,” Trump said in his announcement on Sunday, November 17.