The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will investigate alleged censorship on tech platforms, explaining that any wrongdoing would “have violated the law.” “Tech firms should not be bullying their users,

The Center for American Rights, a nonprofit that has filed a number of complaints about media companies to regulators, asked the Federal Communications Commission to examine diversity efforts at Paramount Global as part of a larger review of such programs.

In practical terms, the order seems unlikely to make much difference. The new FCC and FTC chairmen have already shown themselves to be enthusiastic supporters of Trump's agenda.

The order is the latest example of Trump’s embrace of a broad and controversial theory of executive power. The White House is confident the Supreme Court will bless his approach.

Republican FCC Chair Brendan Carr slammed former Transportation Secretary Buttgieg for claiming the Trump administration is putting Americans "at risk" with incompetence.

As the U.S. Federal Communications Commission probes CBS for potential violations of the agency’s rarely-invoked policy on “news distortion,” communications lawyers and FCC scholars say that the move under newly installed commission chair Brendan Carr could mark a sharp departure from agency precedent.

NBCUniversal and its parent company, Comcast, were the latest media companies to receive word of an investigation by the FCC. In a letter sent to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts on Tues

The top communications regulator has pursued a blitz of investigations and warnings on a range of issues in recent weeks.

The head of the FCC said he is seeking an investigation of NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast over the firm's diversity initiatives.

Without saying his name, Democratic Commissioner Anna Gomez decries FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s moves to investigate broadcasters and challenge social platforms over content moderation.

Brendan Carr accused San Francisco radio station KCBS of putting federal agents' lives in danger with its reporting last month.

Going back to his first administration, the president has a history of calling for the government to pull the licenses of broadcasters he dislikes. In October 2017, Trump trained his fire at NBC, prompting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Ajit Pai—a Republican commissioner that Trump made chair—to publicly rebuff the president.