Departing chairwoman of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, warned of efforts to tie the broadcast station license renewals to news content.

Rosenworcel said Trump was a threat to the First Amendment for calling on the FCC to revoke licenses for broadcast television stations because he disagrees with their content and coverage.

The outgoing head of the Federal Communications Commission said a massive Chinese-linked cyber-espionage operation against U.S. telecoms firms known as "Salt Typhoon" is a "clarion call" to address significant telecommunications security issues.

As the US faces “the worst telecommunications hack in our nation’s history,” by China’s Salt Typhoon hackers, the outgoing FCC chair is determined to bolster network security if it’s the last thing she does.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office next week, and his second-term agenda is taking shape as he fills out his administration. One of the

Donald Trump announced Senate aide Olivia Trusty as his pick for FCC commissioner, giving Republicans a majority at the regulatory agency.

President-elect Trump selected Senate staffer Olivia Trusty for FCC commissioner on Thursday, a pick that would give Republicans control of the agency.

Citing various past presidents who clashed with the press, Rosenworcel noted that “More recently this threat to the First Amendment has taken on new forms, as the incoming President has called on the Federal Communications Commission to revoke licenses for broadcast television stations because he disagrees with their content and coverage.

WASHINGTON —In response to a Jan. 15 Federal Communications Commission vote to impose new cybersecurity rules, Commissioner Brendan Carr, who is slated to become the agency’s chair in the new Trump administration, has issued an unusually harsh statement criticizing the vote.

Olivia Trusty, a staffer for Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), is Donald Trump’s choice to fill the fifth spot on the FCC. “Olivia will work with our incredible new Chairman of the FCC, Brendan Carr, to cut regulations at a record pace,

I have directed the FCC to take a stand on behalf of the First Amendment," she said. "We draw a bright line at a moment when clarity about government interference with the free press is needed more than ever.

She has served as policy director on the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet