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March 9, 2021 02:14 pm

Biden Taps Another Big Tech Trustbuster

President Joe Biden has decided to nominate Lina Khan, a Columbia University legal scholar championed by anti-Big Tech activists, to the Federal Trade Commission. From a report: Along with the recent hiring of Tim Wu as an economic adviser inside the White House -- also first reported in Playbook -- the addition of Khan signals that Biden is poised to pursue an aggressive regulatory agenda when it comes to Amazon, Google, Facebook and other tech giants. An FBI agent this week was making calls to Khan's associates for her background check, the final part of the vetting process before a major administration job is officially announced. Sources confirmed Khan is headed to the FTC if she survives Senate confirmation. The addition of Khan and Wu represents a massive shift in philosophy away from the era of Barack Obama, who proudly forged an alliance between the Democratic Party and Big Tech.

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