{
  "id": 1802680,
  "title": "Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump's chief censor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/disney-sues-fcc-and-its-chair-escalating-fight-against-trumps-chief-1802680",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-18T18:11:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica",
    "slug": "ars-technica",
    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/disney-sues-fcc-and-its-chair-escalating-fight-against-trumps-chief-censor/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Disney has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its chairman, Brendan Carr, in a bid to halt what the media conglomerate calls a campaign of censorship by the Trump administration against ABC. The lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the District of Columbia, seeks a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent the FCC from taking further action that could lead to the loss of broadcast licenses for ABC stations.\n\nDisney, along with ABC and the eight broadcast stations it owns, claims that the FCC's actions violate the First Amendment by retaliating against the company's protected expression. The lawsuit asserts that the Administration has repeatedly targeted ABC's speech, including the stories its journalists report and the viewpoints its network programs air.\n\nThe complaint alleges that over time, these attacks have escalated into direct demands that ABC be stripped of its broadcast licenses due to its speech. The lawsuit asserts that these threats pose a serious threat to the freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of all media outlets.",
  "summary": "FCC demands \"total capitulation\" in Trump censorship campaign, Disney suit says.",
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        "title": "Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump's chief censor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/disney-sues-fcc-and-its-chair-escalating-fight-against-trumps-chief",
        "published": "2026-08-18T18:11:26.000Z"
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