Trump appoints Brenda Carr as head of the telecommunications agency

18 Novembre 2024

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump has appointed Brendan Carr to lead the US telecommunications regulator, the FCC, Federal Communications Commission. Carr – Trump himself declared in the statement announcing the appointment – is “a warrior for freedom of speech.” The reply from the person concerned was not long in coming, on X: “We must dismantle the censorship cartel”, imposed according to Carr by the tech giants Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft, “and restore the right of Americans to freedom of speech,” he wrote. Brendan Carr has worked at the FCC since 2012 and has been one of its commissioners since 2017, appointed by Trump during his first term.  

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