Carr asks Pichai and Mohan to brief the FCC on YouTube TV’s carriage negotiations process, “including the potential role of viewpoint-based discrimination.” The channel mentioned by Carr, Great American Family, is distributed across cable providers and digital services like Fubo, Sling, DirecTV Stream, and Hulu.

In a letter dated March 7 that was sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, Carr demanded answers about the channel lineup on YouTube TV. The inquiry was prompted following a complaint by Great American Media, which alleges the service refuses to carry its cable networks.

Brendan Carr calls for briefing by Google amid ‘concerning allegations’ that ‘come at a time when American public discourse has experienced an unprecedented — and unacceptable—surge in censorship’

The allegations stem from YouTube TV’s refusal to permit faith-based television network Great American Family to stream on its platform.

Donald Trump’s pick to head the Federal Communications Commission sent a letter last week to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan asking if YouTube TV has any policies that discriminate against faith-based programming—an ask prompted by a complaint from Great American Media,

The FCC commissioner, Brendan Carr, says he wants to ‘dismantle’ the ‘censorship cartel.’ The Federal Communications Commission is looking into whether YouTube TV is actively discriminating against faith-based media as its chairman wages a war against what he calls the “censorship cartel.