Digital rights and antitrust advocates have welcomed the recent naming of two antitrust leaders to top government positions: Tim Wu, who coined the term “net neutrality” and has argued for the breakup of Facebook, has been appointed to the National Economic Council, and Columbia law professor and antitrust scholar Lina Khan is expected to be nominated for a seat on the Federal Trade Commission. Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout tweeted, “antitrust is not just about big tech. It’s agriculture and hospitals. It’s about democratic/economic policy broadly. About how private power is dispersed or centralized. Khan & Wu are not 'tech critics,' they are visionary anti-monopolists across the board.”
Antitrust Advocates Praise Pick of Lina Khan and Tim Wu for Top Government Jobs
HeadlineMar 10, 2021