Joe Biden’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the FCC, Gigi Sohn, faced a string of questions — from past tweets about Fox News to her role in the streaming service Locast — as she fac…
to her role in the streaming service Locast — as she faced a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
Blunt then asked Sohn whether she thought that Fox News was the “only news agency that is state-sponsored propaganda.” Sohn cited that support after Sen. Ted Cruz asked her about concerns that she would “use your power as a government regulator to censor more and to silence those with whom you disagree.”
Sohn was the co-founder and longtime CEO of Public Knowledge, which at times opposed entertainment industry efforts to bolster copyright laws. She went on to serve as counselor to Tom Wheeler, the FCC chairman during Barack Obama’s second term. If confirmed, she would be the first openly LGBTQ person to serve on the commission.
On Tuesday, Sen. Thom Tillis , the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary intellectual property subcommittee, urged Biden to pull her nomination, calling her an “anti-copyright activist” who “worked against commonsense measures that would crack down on illegal piracy.”
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