Net Neutrality Policy Could Shift Again With Trump's New FCC Chair

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen a familiar face as the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission: Brendan Carr, the agency's senior Republican commissioner.

The appointment of Carr, who has worked with the FCC since 2012, is likely to change its direction, given Carr's public stances on issues including net neutrality, whether the video service TikTok should be shut down and the government's role in regulating social-media companies such as Meta and X.

Carr would take over from acting FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel. In 2023, she proposed to restore net neutrality rules that mandate internet service providers treat all data traffic equally, without throttling or speeding up websites or services based on payments from companies or other priorities.

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