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Brendan Carr

Printed page xvi Authors, in the Mandate (2023)

“Brendan Carr has nearly 20 years of private-sector and public-sector experience in communications and tech policy. He currently serves as the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission. Prior to this role, Carr served as the Federal Communication Commission’s General Counsel. Earlier, he worked as an attorney at Wiley Rein LLP. Previously, he clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. After graduating from Georgetown University, he earned his JD magna cum laude from the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law where he served as an editor of the Catholic University Law Review.”

Now in government

  1. Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

    Since Jan 20, 2025

    Designation of Chairmen and Acting Chairmen Primary · Jan 20, 2025

Bylined chapters

Major recommendations in those chapters

  1. Chapter 28, printed page 847 Issue an FCC order eliminating court-created Section 230 immunities Not started
  2. Chapter 28, printed page 849 Back legislation scrapping Section 230's current approach Needs Congress Not started
  3. Chapter 28, printed page 851 Ban TikTok on national security grounds Not started
  4. Chapter 28, printed page 857 Eliminate FCC media ownership rules and universal service requirements Partially done

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