FCC Chair Brendan Carr: No Mergers for Companies with DEI Policies
FCC’s Brendan Carr warns mergers may be blocked over DEI policies.
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr: No Mergers for Companies with DEI Policies
Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr said companies looking for regulatory approval should “get busy ending any sort of their invidious forms of DEI discrimination,” according to an interview with Bloomberg. Carr reportedly brought up Paramount’s merger with Skydance, Verizon’s purchase of Frontier Communications, and T-Mobile’s plans to acquire most of US Cellular as potential deals that could be affected. Image: Cath Virginia / Getty Images Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI, has become a target of President Donald Trump’s administration, with various federal agencies ending diversity programs and pressuring major companies to do the same. “We can only under the statute move forward and approve a transaction if we find that doing so serves the public interest,” Carr told Bloomberg. “If there’s businesses out there that are still promoting invidious forms of DEI discrimination, I really don’t see a path forward where the FCC could reach the conclusion that approvin…
