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• Vox Rebecca Heilweil on x

  Lina Khan will be chair of the Federal Trade Commission

• @linamkhan Lina Khan on x

  I'm so grateful to the Senate for my confirmation. Congress created the FTC to safeguard fair competition and protect consumers, workers, and honest businesses from unfair & deceptive practices. I look forward to upholding this mission with vigor and serving the American public.

• @ceciliakang @ceciliakang on x

  Lina Khan as FTC chair would set a tough agenda for tech. Her career has been meteoric w/ her breakthrough antitrust paper on Amazon and then helping lead the House's antitrust investigation that found Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google were monopolists It's a BFD

• @benedictevans Benedict Evans on x

  Future (potential) head of the FTC: “Amazon sells at a loss as investors pour money in'. Amazon hadn't raised money from investors since 1997 and had positive cashflow since 2002. I presume her thinking has advanced since then.

• @dmccabe David McCabe on x

  Breaking this afternoon: President Biden has named Lina Khan, 32, to chair of the Federal Trade Commission. A formal announcement is expected today. This is a big win for folks who want antitrust action against the tech giants. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @demandprogress @demandprogress on x

  Our statement on @linamkhan as FTC chair: The short? This is excellent news. (Unless you're Amazon, Google, or Facebook 😈) https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @cgasparino Charles Gasparino on x

  The end of the mega merger is upon us — Lina Khan, critic of large tech firms, to lead Federal Trade Commission https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ

• @tomsherwood Tom Sherwood on x

  Lina Khan Named F.T.C. Chair by Biden [a post DC AG Karl Racine had been in the running for]. ⁦@politicshour⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @hughhewitt Hugh Hewitt on x

  The arrival of Lina Khan as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission is very good news for anyone concerned with vast and still expanding power of #BigTech: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @senwarren Elizabeth Warren on x

  For too long, giant tech companies have acted like they're too big and powerful to be held accountable. I can't wait to see @linamkhan prove them wrong at the @FTC. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Many congratulations - very well deserved. Your work in academia, FTC and the House in the last four years made you supremely qualified. Civil society and the innovative side of the media tech industry are fortunate to have you in this role as Chair at a critical moment. https://…

• @rafat @rafat on x

  Wow. 32-yr old Pakistani American to lead FTC. https://twitter.com/...

• @senblumenthal Richard Blumenthal on x

  Right now, the FTC should urgently move forward with its three votes to start a bold agenda to rein in Big Tech monopolists, enact strong consumer protection rules, & bring vigorous enforcement actions against corporate wrongdoing & fraudsters.

• @rashadrobinson Rashad Robinson on x

  This appointment is an incredibly important step on the road to holding some of the most powerful and dangerous corporations accountable. https://twitter.com/...

• @dmccabe David McCabe on x

  President Biden has yet to name the head of the Justice Department's antitrust division. Who he selects will signal how all-in his White House has gone on cracking down on tech. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @stacyfmitchell Stacy Mitchell on x

  Such great news that Lina Khan has been confirmed to the FTC — and on a 69-28 Senate vote no less! You can began to see a future where Americans are free of the coercive economic control and political influence of giant corporations. https://twitter.com/...

• @daveyseligman David Seligman on x

  There are so many important things about Commissioner Khan's(!) nomination, and this may seem pretty small, but the fact that an FTC commissioner is explicitly talking about using UDAP to protect “workers” is extremely important. https://twitter.com/...

• @senwarren Elizabeth Warren on x

  Giant tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon deserve the growing scrutiny they are facing, and consolidation is choking off competition across American industries.

• @dlauer Dave Lauer on x

  I really hope this marks a substantial step forward on what should be a truly bipartisan issue - ending obscene levels of corporate concentration to foster competition. Big tech should be a main target, here's why we should start with Facebook: https://link.springer.com/... https…

• @janschakowsky Jan Schakowsky on x

  The confirmation of Lina Khan to @FTC briefly returns a working democratic majority to the agency, something needed at independent commissions across the federal government. https://twitter.com/...

• @rafaelshimunov Raf on x

  This is historic. Regular people will once again be represented by this extraordinary leader in the halls of power dominated by big tech lobbyists. Mazel tov to @linamkhan. https://twitter.com/...

• @colorofchange @colorofchange on x

  Congratulations @linamkhan for your confirmation as @FTC Commissioner. We're looking forward to working with you to meaningfully enforce antitrust laws and fight for a fair marketplace for Black consumers, workers and small business owners. https://www.cnbc.com/...

• @wolfejosh Josh Wolfe on x

  Lina Khan 'bout to Joel Klein this mf... Easiest money bet as she makes name for herself BAD for anyone looking to exit (near-term) to FAAMG AMAZING for startups seeking to compete in few years will abate esp w/ China competition til then...giddyup🤠 https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @rabois Keith Rabois on x

  Lying is now the path to an FTC appointment. https://twitter.com/...

• @hoofnagle Chris Hoofnagle on x

  Congratulations Lina Kahn! Youngest person ever to be appointed a member of the FTC! https://www.wsj.com/...?

• @wbm312 Whitney Merrill on x

  As a former @FTC-er, I'm thrilled to see this appointment. Really look forward to seeing what she does as Chair. I'm excited for current FTC employees as well - great time to work at the FTC! I also hope they get a better budget. They're hiring: https://www.ftc.gov/... https://tw…

• @ceciliakang @ceciliakang on x

  Also, this is a small agency that has hardly grown even as its merger/antitrust cases have increased sharply. The FTC is in litigation against Facebook, which has endless resources and, along with tech giants, are hiring up washington

• @digiphile Alex Howard on x

  Wow: @WSJ reports @POTUS will appoint @linamkhan @FTC chair. https://www.wsj.com/... If personnel is policy, expect overdue action on anticompetitive behavior, past, present & future. https://twitter.com/...

• @alecmacgillis Alec MacGillis on x

  Pretty striking: @linamkhan, author of groundbreaking “Amazon's Antitrust Paradox” article, gets 21 Republican votes for her Senate confirmation to the FTC: https://twitter.com/...

• @deepakguptalaw Deepak Gupta on x

  Congrats @linamkhan! This is a great day for consumers, workers, and scrupulous businesses—and for everyone who cares about protecting our economy and our democracy from unchecked monopoly power. We @GuptaWessler are proud of our tiny firm's first Senate-confirmed alum! https://t…

• @glennf Glenn Fleishman on x

  Read Khan's superb 2017 law journal article that explains Amazon's business model in detail, and shows why valuing just “consumer welfare” as an antitrust factor makes no sense in the current marketplace. https://www.yalelawjournal.org/ ...

• @glennf Glenn Fleishman on x

  Prevailing antitrust laws are why Apple was punished in court for Amazon charging below-cost prices on ebooks.

• @gregbensinger @gregbensinger on x

  Lina Khan confirmed to FTC. She's been a powerful — and fast-rising — voice against tech's overreach. She penned a oft-cited paper on Amazon's antitrust issues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @mh4oh Morgan Harper on x

  My first job after college was at the FTC. I quit after 3 months because the agency lacked urgency to solve problems. Having a commissioner like @linamkhan would have been unthinkable then. This is a huge leap forward. Congrats to Commissioner Khan! https://www.washingtonpost.com…

• @senblumenthal Richard Blumenthal on x

  Lina Khan's confirmation today moves antitrust enforcement, consumer protection, & other important causes to an exciting & promising new chapter in the FTC. All seats must be filled—right away. https://www.law360.com/...

• @dmccabe David McCabe on x

  A how it started/how it's going that illustrates the speed with which the debate shifted in DC over the power of the tech giants. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @juliaangwin Julia Angwin on x

  Concern about the unbridled power of tech companies is increasingly a bipartisan issue. https://twitter.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  69-28 is a very clear signal to the administration not to appoint an AAG anywhere near Google and Facebook's long arms of influence. And maybe to speed it up just a bit. https://twitter.com/...

• @digiphile Alex Howard on x

  @linamkhan @FTC Today, the Senate voted 69-28 to confirm @linamkhan as our union's 5th @FTC Commissioner: https://www.nytimes.com/... Now, Congress needs to enact a data protection act to gives the @FTC the capacity it needs to uphold the right of Americans to be secure in our pe…

• @russellbrandom Russell Brandom on x

  It will be interesting to see how much Khan can do within the FTC. The commission could be a huge federal force for consumer rights, but it will need a lot of help from Congress to get there. https://www.theverge.com/...