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• @superwuster Tim Wu on x

  Happy to say I'm joining the Biden White House to work on Technology and Competition Policy at the National Economic Council. Putting this twitter feed on hold for now — so long!

• @ceciliakang Cecilia Kang on x

  NEW: Big Antitrust Crusader Joins White House @POTUS Biden To Appoint Tim Wu, A Leading Critic of Big Tech, as Tech & Competition Policy Special Assistant to the President. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @digiphile Alex Howard on x

  Good news for consumers — heck, Americans writ large — to have Wu at the @whitehouse again: https://www.nytimes.com/... Still wondering who the 5th @uscto will be. https://twitter.com/...

• @florianederer Florian Ederer on x

  Two more important antitrust policy roles are still unfilled: - Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics at the DOJ - FTC commissioner to replace Rohit Chopra https://twitter.com/...

• @davidgura David Gura on x

  “The appointment of @superwuster ... suggests that the administration plans to take on the size and influence of companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, including working with Congress on legislation to strengthen antitrust laws.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @banditelli @banditelli on x

  Big fan of @superwuster - don't always agree with 100% of his solutions but I'm glad as hell he's putting them out. This is a huge move by the Biden admin and Facebook should see it as a signal to cut the bullshit and get serious or get wrecked. Let the negotiations begin. https:…

• @mcwellons Mary Catherine on x

  Tim Wu's role, focused on competition policy, is new to the National Economic Council, @ceciliakang reports. He will also focus on competition in labor policy and concentration in power in agriculture and the drug industry. https://twitter.com/...

• @benjysarlin Benjy Sarlin on x

  To the extent there are celebrity authors in tech anti-trust policy, this would be the guy. Should be interesting. https://twitter.com/...

• @dhh @dhh on x

  The bad news keep rolling in for Apple and the rest of Big Tech. States across the US are pursuing laws to regulate their abuses. Europe has finally kicked into high gear on this as well. Now the White House is appointing confrontational figures too. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @ceciliakang Cecilia Kang on x

  @ewarren: ""Tim has been a longtime antitrust advocate, and he has pushed public officials to break up and rein in Big Tech," Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, said in a statement. “I'm glad to see him in this role.”

• @ceciliakang Cecilia Kang on x

  And for the youngs in the room, @superwuster is best known for going after big telecom and for coining the term net neutrality, a fight expected to continue during the Biden administration

• @ceciliakang Cecilia Kang on x

  @superwuster brings a Big Tech trust-busting POV to the National Economic Council and is supported by the progressives in the Democratic party like @ewarren, but also some moderates like @SenAmyKlobuchar - who both applaud his appointment

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  Incoming White House tech policy advisor @superwuster's truth bomb on Section 230: Repeal would hurt small platforms more than big ones: https://superwuster.medium.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x

  This. Is. Huge. A very, very good sign that this administration is bringing in ⁦@superwuster⁩. We'll see what happens next, but it's beginning to look like big tech is in for a long-deserved reckoning. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @shannoncoulter Shannon Coulter on x

  This is _really_ good news 👇 Tim Wu has written a lot about how how tech's excessive power is bad for democracy among other things. Big trustbusting energy! https://twitter.com/...

• @newrepublic @newrepublic on x

  .@superwuster has written a number of pieces critical of the tech industry for TNR, among them a 2014 piece predicting Netflix's reshaping our viewing culture: https://newrepublic.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @nytimesbusiness @nytimesbusiness on x

  Tim Wu's selection for the National Economic Council puts one of the most outspoken critics of Big Tech's power into the Biden administration. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @adamnash Adam Nash on x

  Every country in the world wants to dismantle the overwhelming success of Silicon Valley, given the unparalleled advantages it gives to the United States. Looks like we may just do our competitors' work for them. 🤦‍♂️ https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @dangillmor Dan Gillmor on x

  This is a crucial hire. No one is better at this stuff. https://twitter.com/...

• @davepell Dave Pell on x

  Biden just hired Tim Wu. The big tech breakup era has arrived. Antitrust me on this. I know.

• @albertwenger Albert Wenger on x

  This is great news for innovation. Congratulations, @superwuster https://twitter.com/...

• @dhh @dhh on x

  “The president stands up to abuse of power... from big tech companies and their executives” 🔥❤️ https://twitter.com/...

• @genebsperling Gene Sperling on x

  If by any chance you don't know Tim - than take the time to read his excellent book, The Curse of Bigness, and you will see why he is so right and right for this moment. Great add to NEC. Congrats Tim! https://twitter.com/...

• @profgalloway Scott Galloway on x

  Shit just got real. Gangster thinker/academic @superwuster joins Biden administration. https://twitter.com/...

• @99legalproblems Ketan Jhaveri on x

  Ten years ago, Tim worked with then FTC Chairman Jon Leibovitz to override the FTC staff and close the Google investigation when it might have mattered. Better late than never I guess unless (as more likely) Biden is gaslighting everyone on yet another issue. https://twitter.com/…

• @marietjeschaake Marietje Schaake on x

  When I said ‘Wooohooo’ to a friend, he suggested ‘Wu hoo’ is more appropriate now. Congratulations Tim! ↘️ https://twitter.com/...

• @lessig @lessig on x

  This is super @Superwuster news! A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @zephyrteachout Zephyr Teachout on x

  Importantly, Tim is a big tech critic, but despite the headline it's not just about tech and its not just a critical view. Wu's appointment signals the chance for sea change in antimonopoly, across the board, from consumer welfare to democracy and distribution of power.

• @emmalbriant @emmalbriant on x

  Now THIS is a Biden appointment to get excited about at last - Tim Wu - A Leading Critic of Big Tech Is Expected to Join the White House https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @vijayshekhar Vijay Shekhar Sharma on x

  So many things are coming together in world for small ones to win. https://twitter.com/...

• @proferictalley Eric Talley on x

  Congrats to my colleague and friend, Tim Wu, as he once again begins to etch custom-butt-print impressions in the vegan leather upholstered seats of the NYC-DC Acela. Congrats @superwuster! https://twitter.com/...

• @ddayen David Dayen on x

  The mythology was that Obama was putting together a team of rivals. That was nonsense. But Biden's is the genuine article. Seth Harris and Tim Wu. Natasha Sarin and Lily Batchelder. https://twitter.com/...

• @nancyscola Nancy Scola on x

  There are few bigger names in the ‘tech & antitrust’ field. Strong signaling that Biden intends to make a priority. https://twitter.com/...

• @jamesfallows James Fallows on x

  Twitter-readers' loss is the US public's gain — and by about a million fold. Couldn't be a better choice for this job. https://twitter.com/...

• @jamesgleick James Gleick on x

  Tim Wu is one of the smartest and most knowledgeable people I know in the big-tech arena. This is a terrific Biden appointment. https://twitter.com/...

• @jameeljaffer Jameel Jaffer on x

  This is great news. If you want to know how Tim thinks about free speech, monopoly, and new technology, check out his @knightcolumbia essays, linked in the thread below. https://twitter.com/...

• @jenny8lee @jenny8lee on x

  So tech critic @superwuster heads into the Biden White House as a special assistant. He coined net neutrality in an academic paper and has been reported to be working with @chrishughes to break up Facebook. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @ceciliakang @ceciliakang on x

  White House just sent out the announcement. It's official https://twitter.com/...

• @protocol @protocol on x

  For Big Tech and its supporters, President Biden's decision to put Tim Wu on the National Economic Council is the most ominous sign yet that Wu's signature warning is correct: “The antitrust winter is over.” https://www.protocol.com/...

• @birnbaum_e Emily Birnbaum on x

  You're going to be hearing a lot about Tim Wu, Biden's new special assistant for technology and competition policy. Here's a piece about how he's managed to stay at the center of the major tech policy debates of the last two decades. https://www.protocol.com/...