{"id":40282,"date":"2025-07-27T04:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T04:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/40282\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T04:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T04:14:08","slug":"fcc-signals-possible-preemption-of-state-ai-laws-citing-communications-act-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/40282\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Signals Possible Preemption of State AI Laws, Citing Communications Act Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may consider overriding certain state-level artificial intelligence regulations, according to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. Speaking to reporters on Thursday following the agency\u2019s monthly meeting, Carr stated that \u201cit\u2019s possible\u201d the FCC could use its existing authority to preempt state laws in this emerging space.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/article\/2025\/07\/fcc-to-explore-possible-preemption-of-state-ai-rules-00475004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/article\/2025\/07\/fcc-to-explore-possible-preemption-of-state-ai-rules-00475004&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753636649214000&amp;usg=AOvVaw35PzEt2OFgDGvwU1-S8LLB\">As reported by\u00a0Politico<\/a>, Carr emphasized that the FCC\u2019s review of its authority under federal law is still in the early stages, following directives in former President Donald Trump\u2019s recently issued AI action plan. The agency is exploring how provisions in the Communications Act could apply to artificial intelligence oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Carr pointed specifically to Sections 253 and 332 of the Communications Act, legislation originally enacted in 1934 and significantly revised in 1996. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/article\/2025\/07\/fcc-to-explore-possible-preemption-of-state-ai-rules-00475004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/article\/2025\/07\/fcc-to-explore-possible-preemption-of-state-ai-rules-00475004&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753636649214000&amp;usg=AOvVaw35PzEt2OFgDGvwU1-S8LLB\">Politico<\/a>, these sections grant the FCC authority to override state and local regulations in certain circumstances\u2014an authority that could now be interpreted to encompass AI-related rules.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a class=\"h6\" title=\"White House, Senators Offer Contrasting Plans for AI Development\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/cpi-posts\/white-house-senators-offer-contrasting-plans-for-ai-development\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">White House, Senators Offer Contrasting Plans for AI Development<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Section 253 of the Act bars state and local governments from interfering with entities providing telecom services, while Section 332 governs mobile service regulations, providing leeway for federal preemption. According to\u00a0Politico, Carr suggested these provisions could support a broader federal role in managing AI policy to ensure uniformity across states.<\/p>\n<p>Although the FCC\u2019s traditional mandate focuses on telecommunications and broadband deployment, the agency is assessing whether its legal powers could be applied to the AI space\u2014particularly as technologies increasingly rely on communications infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Carr noted that the primary goal remains promoting broadband expansion, but hinted that the same legal frameworks might also be leveraged to address the growing patchwork of state-level AI legislation. Per\u00a0Politico, the commissioner did not confirm any definitive course of action but indicated the agency is actively evaluating its options under existing law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may consider overriding certain state-level artificial intelligence regulations, according to FCC Commissioner Brendan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[182,181,507,74],"class_list":["post-40282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}