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'I have not been quiet': Federal official urges Americans to fight Trump's censorship
Anna Gomez doesn’t know how long she’ll remain on the Federal Communications Commission under President Donald Trump. But for the time being, she says she’s speaking out against “this administration’s campaign of censorship and control.”
“It is my responsibility to respond to these attacks on the First Amendment,” Gomez told a small gathering in Eastern Kentucky on Wednesday. “I refuse to stay quiet while the government chips away at fundamental rights by weaponizing our regulatory authority.”
Text of the First Amendment is displayed in Fleming-Neon. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Liam Niemeyer)
Gomez is one of three current commissioners — the only Democrat among them — overseeing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent federal agency that regulates a broad range of communications industries, including television, radio, satellite, internet and cable.
Traditionally, the agency has overseen the licensing of television and radio stations, taken on initiatives such as combating robocalls and worked to expand internet access across the country. But actions launched by the FCC in the months since the Trump administration has returned to power have greatly troubled Gomez.
“It is my responsibility to respond to these attacks on the First Amendment,” Gomez told a small gathering in Eastern Kentucky on Wednesday. “I refuse to stay quiet while the government chips away at fundamental rights by weaponizing our regulatory authority.”
Text of the First Amendment is displayed in Fleming-Neon. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Liam Niemeyer)
Gomez is one of three current commissioners — the only Democrat among them — overseeing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent federal agency that regulates a broad range of communications industries, including television, radio, satellite, internet and cable.
Traditionally, the agency has overseen the licensing of television and radio stations, taken on initiatives such as combating robocalls and worked to expand internet access across the country. But actions launched by the FCC in the months since the Trump administration has returned to power have greatly troubled Gomez.
https://www.alternet.org/push-back-against-trump-to-protect-precious-liberties-lone-democrat-on-fcc-urges-kentuckians/