Facebook says new FTC chief should step away from antitrust probe

Photo: Sarah Tew / CNET. Article by Sean Keane and Queenie Wong. CNET – July 14, 2021.

The request follows Amazon making similar allegations of bias on the part of Lina Khan.

Facebook on Wednesday said Lina Khan, the new chairperson of the US Federal Trade Commission, should recuse herself from participating in decisions about the FTC’s antitrust case against the company. The move comes two weeks after Amazon filed a similar motion, with both companies alleging that Khan is too biased against them.

In a petition filed to the FTC, Facebook said Khan has already made up her mind that Facebook violated antirust law, a claim the social network has pushed back against. Her participation in the case would deny the social network due process, Facebook said. […]

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