Mr. Carr, who currently sits on the commission and is a vocal critic of Big Tech, has said the agency should regulate the tech industry.

Craig Aaron, the co-CEO of the Free Press Action Fund, tells Forbes’ Maggie McGrath that FCC chair nominee Brendan Carr could have a “chilling” effect on the ability of television news networks to do their jobs.

President-Elect Donald Trump has chosen FCC commissioner Brendan Carr to be its next chairman. Carr, who is the senior Republican member of the commission, was first nominated to the FCC in 2017 by Trump.