Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, says the Commission’s threats against Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s comments are “truly empty”—the agency lacks actual authority to take enforcement action in such cases. Speaking at Axios' Media Trends summit, Gomez argued the real goal of these threats is to pressure corporations into self-censorship to avoid regulatory trouble. She expressed disappointment that companies like Disney capitulate, warning that this erodes democracy and First Amendment rights. Gomez called such tactics part of a broader campaign of government censorship, where licensing authority is “weaponized” to silence critics, not because of illegal content but because it’s inconvenient for the administration in power. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/democratic-fcc-commissioner-threats-disney-kimmel-empty-1236375060/ #FCC #JimmyKimmel #Disney #FirstAmendment #freespeech #media #censorship