President-elect Donald Trump has picked Brendan Carr, a veteran Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission, to lead the agency that regulates broadcasting, telecommunications, broadband and other related industries.

For much of his career, Carr was seen as a relatively conventional Republican with a pro-corporate outlook. More recently, however, Carr has embraced Trumpian themes about social media, tech and television companies.

"Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans' Freedoms, and held back our Economy," Trump said in a statement on Sunday. "He will end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America's Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America."

The FCC mostly stays out of the public spotlight, but roars back into public view with controversies over television and radio broadcasts. While it's an independent agency overseen by Congress, Trump has made clear he would like to bring it under tighter White House control and use it to punish TV networks that have fact-checked him or otherwise covered him in a way that sparks his ire.

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