No DEI allowed for US mergers and acquisitions, says the new FCC chair

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No DEI allowed for US mergers and acquisitions, says the new FCC chair​


Brendan Carr said recent Paramount, T-Mobile, and Verizon deals could be affected.

by Emma Roth

Mar 21, 2025, 5:28 PM EDT

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Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.

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.

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 approving the transaction is going to be in the public interest.”


In February, Carr announced an investigation into the DEI-related initiatives at Comcast. He later sent a letter to Verizon to express concerns over its “apparent lack of progress” in ending DEI efforts, and asked the company’s executives to contact the FCC officials overseeing its acquisition of Frontier, as reported by Bloomberg.

Along with taking action against companies with DEI policies, Carr announced a “sweeping investigation” into the US operations of China-based companies previously placed on the FCC’s “Covered List,” such as Huawei, ZTE, and China Telecom.

The FCC will look into each company’s “current levels of operations” in the US, as Carr says the FCC has “reason to believe… some or all of these Covered List entities are trying to make an end run around those FCC prohibitions by continuing to do business in America on a private or ‘unregulated’ basis.”

Disclosure: Comcast is also an investor in Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company.


Ahhhh yes. This is the America negros want to integrate into and find comfort in.
 

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This is an assault on Black Folks.

Even though Black folks weren't the main beneficiaries in certain instances.
 

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When it comes to politics, it means black.

Man, no. It's a catch-all strawman term that means whatever the current power wants it to mean whenever they feel like it. Black, latino, their own white women who they want to force to behave and get back in the kitchen, whoever. And people keep reacting to the strawmen. It's just like woke. It doesn't matter who created or what it originally meant. It's been stolen and is used as a strawman for people to react to while these snakes dance off to the next thing.

It only works if you accept their definitions as reality. Don't.
 

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Man, no. It's a catch-all strawman term that means whatever the current power wants it to mean whenever they feel like it. Black, latino, their own white women who they want to force to behave and get back in the kitchen, whoever. And people keep reacting to the strawmen. It's just like woke. It doesn't matter who created or what it originally meant. It's been stolen and is used as a strawman for people to react to while these snakes dance off to the next thing.

It only works if you accept their definitions as reality. Don't.


Whatever makes you feel better, champ
 

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Delineation is import.

Tariq is an idiot and conservative shill though.

Don't shyt on the notion of delineation for FBAs though.

“Delineation” has so far achieved absolutely nothing. It’s useless symbolism.

You know what will work though? Unification.
 

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This shyt is so crazy

if your business says you're down to fighting discrimination, the federal government will do everything possible to ruin you

and brehs could were pushing anti-Kamala narratives six months ago :francis:
Dont say shyt, just do it :stopitslime:
 
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