President-elect Trump picked Brendan Carr, a career telecommunications lawyer and regulator, to lead the Federal Communications Commission as the agency’s next chairman.Carr is the senior Republican on the five-member commission and has championed many of Trump’s causes.

Brendan Carr, a co-author of the contentious Project 2025 political manifesto, has accused major social media platforms of operating a 'censorship cartel.'

Brendan Carr, a critic of the Biden administration's telecom policies and Big Tech, is currently the top Republican on the FCC.