It took a couple of years of looking at the cover of Tim Wu's The Master Switch before I realised that there is double-meaning to that title.
I'm not sure that's been observed before, and haven't found anyone noting this.
Or if Wu intended that or not.
It's ... clever, whether intentional or not.
...President Biden on Monday nominated Khan to the Federal Trade Commission, an agency tasked with enforcing competition laws. She is the splashiest addition to Biden's growing roster of Big Tech critics, including fellow Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu, who announced earlier this month he would join the National Economic Council.
The news suggests the White House is preparing for a showdown with the tech industry at a time when federal and state regulators are already pursuing investigations and lawsuits challenging the dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. Biden has also called for the repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a legal shield for Internet platforms that has come under fire from both Democrats and Republicans. ...
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