FTC Chair Lina Khan Has Her Shot To Muzzle Amazon, Big Tech

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FacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftGift this articleContact us:Provide news feedback or report an errorConfidential tip?Send a tip to our reportersSite feedback:Take our SurveyNew WindowFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftBy Leah NylenJune 15, 2022 at 8:00 AM UTCBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.This article is part of the June 20, 2022 issue of businessweek.Chevron Right

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan finally has a chance to take her shot at Big Tech and longtime nemesis Amazon.com. It might not last long, though.

Khan’s surprise elevation to lead the FTC last summer delighted fellow progressives. Then a 32-year-old Columbia Law School professor, she was hailed for a treatise she wrote as a law student rethinking how antitrust law should apply to Amazon.com Inc. She’s argued that the commission—created in 1914 by lawmakers who wanted to bust up the railroad, meatpacking, and oil monopolies of the day—is the perfect vehicle for a complete overhaul of antitrust enforcement because it has broad authority to police business conduct and mergers. Khan, through a spokesman, declined to comment for this story.

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