Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr on Tuesday announced the termination of the agency’s Biden-era diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.
In the weeks after his historic election to become the 47th president, Trump picked Commissioner Brendan Carr to become the next FCC chairman.
As his first order as chairman, Carr called for the ending of the agency’s DEI group, more formally known as the Communications Equity and Diversity Council (CEDC), which then-Chair Jessica Rosenworcel instituted in 2021.
Carr, according to a source familiar, has told the head of the CEDC that he will end the group’s operations.
He said in a written statement:
Promoting individious forms of discrimination runs contrary to the Communications Act and deprives Americans of their
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