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

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…