Lina Khan’s FTC, back on its heels, eyes a big swing at tech

Photo: FTC chair Lina Khan. Photo credit: Pool / Getty Images. Article by Ben Brody. Protocol – July 2, 2021.

The new chair led a series of wonky rule changes at the agency, but they signal it could take on everything from food delivery to facial recognition.

Watch out, Uber Eats. Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission’s new chair, is taking charge of the agency’s Democratic majority to broaden the FTC’s ability to regulate new industries and challenge potentially anticompetitive conduct.

On Thursday, during the first of the FTC’s new public meetings, commissioners cast a series of votes that signaled a desire to tighten the screws on emerging and digital sectors, as members of the public, consumer advocates and industry lobbyists begged the commission to tackle issues such as food delivery apps, right to repair, facial recognition and more. […]

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