Big Tech critic Lina Khan named chair of the FTC
Lina Khan, a prominent critic of Big Tech, has been named chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a White House spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
The update comes just hours after the Senate voted to confirm the 32-year-old to the agency in a 69-28 vote.
The designation as chairwoman will give Khan greater authority at the FTC at a time when the agency is pursuing an antitrust case against Facebook and as lawmakers look to revamp laws to give the agency greater authority to rein in the market power of tech giants. ...
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/558584-lina-khan-named-chair-of-the-ftc
Khan made a splash several years ago with her law article "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox" (2017). Her view on monopoly and antitrust marks a sharp departure from the strict "consumer welfare" standard of "Saturday Night Massacre" Robert Bork, the Nixon Administration Solicitor General famous for firing Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox after both the Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General resigned rather than do so. Bork's doctrine itself grew from a long and deliberate campaign for change born at the University of Chicago under Aaron Director.
