Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr predicted that deregulation in his department will be a “big part of the legacy of the second Trump administration.”

Carr began an effort to reverse regulations on the tech, media, and telecommunications industries after President Donald Trump took office. Companies with merger and acquisition deals have to go through the FCC, and Carr suggested that more companies might attempt deals because of this effort.

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