Top-to-bottom deregulation: rescind outdated media-ownership and siloed USF rules
FCC should review and rescind overly cumbersome/outdated regulations—including media ownership rules premised on obsolete advertising markets—and rely more on cable/broadband/satellite competition.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 28 (FCC) — Holding Government Accountable: correct FCC’s regulatory trajectory and encourage competition; eliminate many heavy-handed regulations adopted when technologies were siloed, including many media ownership rules that restrict investment/competition and universal service requirements; engage in serious top-to-bottom review and rescind overly cumbersome or outdated regulations; foster market-friendly environment for cable-, broadband-, and satellite-based providers.
Undo plan
1) Modernize media-ownership rules with diversity/localism studies—not blanket rescission that accelerates consolidation.
2) Keep core universal-service and consumer-protection rules while pruning obsolete Title II-era silos.
3) Require APA cost-benefit and minority-ownership impact analyses before major ownership deregulation.
4) Monitor local news deserts post-rule changes.
5) Verify: ownership concentration HHI; local news employment.