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The Vergecast · March 20, 2025 · 55m

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Tech Regulation

The new FCC chairman outlines his regulatory vision for AI, social media, and telecommunications, with implications for how tech companies operate.

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Carr's regulatory agenda will create the environment that shapes tech company behavior for years. Spectrum allocation, content rules, and AI guidelines are all forms of environment design.
Carr describes the challenge of regulatory work: you can control your process (hearings, analysis, rulemaking) but not the political environment that determines whether your rules survive the next administration.
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