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cybersecurity threats from companies of Chinese origin or those linked to its political philosophy, US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner Brendan Carr told ET, pointing to New Delhi’s pre-emptive action against entities posing both commercial and security challenges to an increasingly digital economy. In an exclusive interview, Carr, who is on his maiden India trip, said that India’s actions on the short-video platform TikTok and telecom equipment suppliers Huawei and ZTE have “set the gold standard in terms of appropriate and strong actions to deal with the threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).”

former US Vice President Kamala Harris's controversial ‘60 Minutes’ interview while revealing significant discrepancies between her original and broadcast responses about the Israel-Gaza conflict, reported New York Post.

CBS says it will turn over unedited transcripts of its October interview with Kamala Harris to the Federal Communications Commission

Project 2025 which is a 922 page policy manifesto developed by over 140 former US President Donald Trump administration officials has significantly influenced the early actions of US President Donald Trump during his second term, reported Salon.

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President-elect Donald Trump has named the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission as the new chairman of the agency tasked with regulating broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband

Donald Trump has chosen Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, as its chair. Carr has served at the agency since 2012, including as an adviser to a later chair, Ajit Pai, and has worked as its general counsel. Trump during his first presidency nominated Carr to the FCC in 2017. «Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans' Freedoms, and held back our Economy,» Trump said in a statement.

Brendan Carr will take over as the permanent Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Carr, currently the senior Republican commissioner at the agency, was first nominated to the FCC by Trump in 2017 and unanimously confirmed by the Senate. His term extends through 2029. In his statement, Trump praised Carr’s contributions, stating: “His current term runs through 2029 and, because of his great work, I will now be designating him as permanent Chairman.” Carr has «fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans' Freedoms» and will «end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America's Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America,» Trump said in the statement.

India’s swift and preemptive action against TikTok could be a feature that plays out in American courts as the ByteDance-owned firm is likely to challenge the US move to ban its video-hosting service, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner Brendan Carr told ET in an exclusive interaction. Carr’s comments come close on the heels of a stringent directive issued to the popular app by US President Joe Biden on Wednesday. He signed a bill that requires TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance to divest ownership of the app or face the ban in the next nine to 12 months. ByteDance said it is not considering selling the app with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew asserting that the facts and the US Constitution were on the company’s side. TikTok’s official account on microblogging platform X has been stating that a potential ban on its app in the US would “trample the free speech” of 170 million Americans.

BabyBus, US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner Brendan Carr told ET. The chief of FCC – an independent agency of the US government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the nation – also said he found the work India is doing to provide access to the internet and telecommunication services to every citizen “very admirable”.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr told ET. The US and other countries are still grappling with the alleged privacy risks associated with Chinese apps such as TikTok.

TikTok continues to gather a head of steam, with the popular social media application surpassing one billion users in 2022. While daily users blissfully swipe through the latest videos from their favorite content creators, data security concerns continue to ask questions of the Chinese social media behemoth.

BEIJING — A leader of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said he has asked Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores over China-related data security concerns.