Why Anna Gomez Believes the FCC Is Letting Telecoms Off Easy After Salt Typhoon

Despite Chinese hacks, Trump's FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules for phone and internet companies

Two Trump-appointed FCC officials voted to undo the telecom industry's cybersecurity rules. One Democratic commissioner dissented, saying the decision leaves the United States "less safe" at a time when threats are increasing.

Why Anna Gomez believes the FCC is letting telecoms off easy after Salt Typhoon

The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote Thursday on whether to rescind a set of last-minute Biden administration regulations following a massive Chinese compromise of U.S. telecommunications infrastructure last year. Chair Brendan Carr has called the rule ineffective and unlawful, and with the likely support of newly confirmed commissioner Olivia Trusty, there is a majority position to reverse the rules. Now in an interview, the lon…

Cantwell Opposes Carr's Draft Reversal of FCC's Salt Typhoon Declaratory Ruling

Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., on Tuesday urged FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to "reverse course" on his draft order undoing the agency's response earlier this year to the Salt Typhoon attacks. The agency is set to vote...

Cantwell, Gomez Don’t Want FCC to Repeal Cybersecurity Rule

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2025 – The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee and the only Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission aren’t happy the agency is planning to scrap a cybersecurity rule instituted at the end of the Biden administration.In January, former FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel issued a new rule that interpreted federal wiretapping law to require that telecom carriers secure their entire networks against hacks, ra…