{"id":563862,"date":"2021-06-14T19:21:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T23:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=563862"},"modified":"2021-06-14T19:21:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T23:21:19","slug":"senate-advances-linda-khan-noted-big-tech-critic-to-lead-the-ftc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-advances-linda-khan-noted-big-tech-critic-to-lead-the-ftc\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Advances Linda Khan, Noted Big Tech Critic, To Lead The FTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-advances-linda-khan-noted-big-tech-critic-to-lead-the-ftc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=563862&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Senate overwhelmingly advanced the nomination of Linda Khan, a professor at Columbia Law School and a critic of Big Tech, to lead the Federal Trade Commission Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Khan, 32, was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/09\/biden-reportedly-selects-2nd-big-tech-antitrust-hawk-for-senior-admin-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nominated<\/a> by President Joe Biden to lead the FTC, and also previously served as a staffer for the House\u2019s Antitrust Subcommittee. Monday\u2019s vote sets her up to be confirmed in the coming days, meaning that the commission could be led by someone who has previously called for changes to anti-trust law and has advocated for increased regulation over large tech companies.<\/p>\n<p>Her nomination advanced 72 to 25.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7211228\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7211228\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7211228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232440343-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232440343-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232440343-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232440343-620x414-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232440343-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232440343-1536x1025-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232440343-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7211228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If confirmed, Lina Khan would be one of multiple Big Tech hawks in the Biden administration. (GRAEME JENNINGS\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Khan\u2019s stance on Big Tech has won her support from the left and right, despite her progressive views overall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t gotten the chance to talk with her much yet, but I will stay this. I\u2019m impressed with her. I\u2019m impressed with her background,\u201d Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/washington-post-live\/2021\/05\/04\/transcript-117th-congress-sen-josh-hawley-r-mo\/\">told The Washington Post<\/a> in May. \u201cI\u2019m impressed with her work in this area. I think she\u2019s thought very seriously about monopoly problems. I think that her record, her track record, demonstrates that, and I think the kind of voice that she has brought in these issues is a really important one.\u201d\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/18\/joe-biden-big-tech-section-230-president-donald-trump-antitrust-facebook-google-twitter-amazon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Senate Democrats Eye Big Tech Regulation Under Biden)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to working with you, and I think there\u2019s a lot more the commission can do in terms of ensuring transparency from Big Tech, which right now is incredibly opaque,\u201d Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz told Khan during her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TuDCJGsQqKA\">confirmation hearing<\/a> in April.<\/p>\n<p>Biden first nominated Khan in January, as anti-tech sentiment spread on both sides of the aisle. During her confirmation hearing, she said that \u201ceverything needs to be on the table\u201d when it comes to the press\u2019 concerns over censorship on Facebook and Google, noting that their algorithms can easily sink readership for any publisher, and expressed concern over exclusively digital advertising markets.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/05\/biden-tim-wu-break-up-big-tech-antitrust-national-economic-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden Appoints Professor Who Called For Breaking Up Big Tech To National Economic Council)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a student at Yale Law School in 2017, she published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yalelawjournal.org\/note\/amazons-antitrust-paradox\">\u201cAmazon\u2019s Antitrust Paradox\u201d<\/a> in the school\u2019s journal, examining how consumer standards applied to digital markets could miss critical anticompetitive behavior taking place.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate overwhelmingly advanced the nomination of Linda Khan, a professor at Columbia Law School and a critic of Big Tech, to lead the Federal Trade Commission Monday.Khan, 32, was &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280268,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232440343-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Senate Advances Linda Khan, Noted Big Tech Critic, To Lead The FTC","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232440343-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Senate Advances Linda Khan, Noted Big Tech Critic, To Lead The FTC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}