Project 2025 Tracker / What’s done, what’s next

Section 5 · Independent Regulatory Agencies

28 Federal Communications Commission

845–860 · Brendan Carr

34 not started by status
34 counted
  • Not started 34

What has happened

Nothing verified in this chapter yet.

Still to come

Executive action 26

  1. 847 Issue an FCC order eliminating court-created Section 230 immunities Major Not started
  2. 851 Ban TikTok on national security grounds Major Not started
  3. 857 Eliminate FCC media ownership rules and universal service requirements Major Not started
  4. 848 Impose transparency rules on Big Tech platforms Notable Not started
  5. 849 Require Big Tech to specify terms of service and be held to them Notable Not started
  6. 851 Expand and keep current the FCC's Covered List Notable Not started
  7. 851 Bar regulated carriers from interconnecting with insecure providers Notable Not started
  8. 852 Publish a foreign adversary transparency list of FCC licensees Notable Not started
  9. 852 Fully fund the federal rip and replace program Notable Not started
  10. 852 Launch a Clean Standards Initiative against CCP standards influence Notable Not started
  11. 853 Adopt a plan to stop U.S. entities from aiding China's AI goals Notable Not started
  12. 853 Develop a national spectrum strategy with an aggressive timeline Notable Not started
  13. 854 Cap state and local fees and review times for wireline permits Notable Not started
  14. 855 Direct federal broadband funds to communities without service Notable Not started
  15. 856 Eliminate government-funded overbuilding of existing networks Notable Not started

and 11 more →

Needs Congress 8

  1. 849 Back legislation scrapping Section 230's current approach Major Not started
  2. 849 Apply antidiscrimination provisions to Big Tech and back-end providers Notable Not started
  3. 850 Require Big Tech to contribute to the Universal Service Fund Notable Not started
  4. 849 Limit Section 230 legislation to dominant, general-use platforms Minor Not started
  5. 849 Exclude illegal and indecent content from any platform hosting mandate Minor Not started
  6. 849 Let consumers choose their own content filters and fact checkers Minor Not started
  7. 849 Strengthen protections against young children using social media Minor Not started
  8. 854 Establish an interagency spectrum coordination process Minor Not started

All recommendations in this chapter

Every recommendation this chapter is the home of, in printed-page order.

  1. 847 Issue an FCC order eliminating court-created Section 230 immunities Not started
  2. 848 Track the July 2020 Section 230 Petition for Rulemaking in FCC reforms Not started
  3. 848 File a new Section 230 petition for rulemaking at the FCC Not started
  4. 848 Clarify that Section 230(c)(1) does not cover every platform decision Not started
  5. 848 Clarify that Section 230(c)(2) governs platform takedown decisions Not started
  6. 848 Impose transparency rules on Big Tech platforms Not started
  7. 849 Require Big Tech to specify terms of service and be held to them Not started
  8. 849 Require Big Tech to offer a transparent appeals process for takedowns Not started
  9. 849 Back legislation scrapping Section 230's current approach Needs Congress Not started
  10. 849 Apply antidiscrimination provisions to Big Tech and back-end providers Needs Congress Not started
  11. 849 Limit Section 230 legislation to dominant, general-use platforms Needs Congress Not started
  12. 849 Exclude illegal and indecent content from any platform hosting mandate Needs Congress Not started
  13. 849 Let consumers choose their own content filters and fact checkers Needs Congress Not started
  14. 849 Strengthen protections against young children using social media Needs Congress Not started
  15. 850 Require Big Tech to contribute to the Universal Service Fund Needs Congress Not started
  16. 851 Ban TikTok on national security grounds Not started
  17. 851 Expand and keep current the FCC's Covered List Not started
  18. 851 Create a regular process for reviewing entities tied to the CCP Not started
  19. 851 Bar regulated carriers from interconnecting with insecure providers Not started
  20. 852 Publish a foreign adversary transparency list of FCC licensees Not started
  21. 852 Fully fund the federal rip and replace program Not started
  22. 852 Launch a Clean Standards Initiative against CCP standards influence Not started
  23. 853 Adopt a plan to stop U.S. entities from aiding China's AI goals Not started
  24. 853 Develop a national spectrum strategy with an aggressive timeline Not started
  25. 854 Establish an interagency spectrum coordination process Needs Congress Not started
  26. 854 Cap state and local fees and review times for wireline permits Not started
  27. 855 Require timely broadband permitting reviews by federal land agencies Not started
  28. 855 Speed FCC review and approval of new satellite applications Not started
  29. 855 Direct federal broadband funds to communities without service Not started
  30. 856 Eliminate government-funded overbuilding of existing networks Not started
  31. 856 Adopt a national broadband coordinating strategy Not started
  32. 856 Have the FCC review its broadband programs, including the USF Not started
  33. 857 Eliminate FCC media ownership rules and universal service requirements Not started
  34. 857 Conduct a top-to-bottom review and rescind outdated FCC rules Not started