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March 10, 2021

Antitrust Advocates Praise Pick of Lina Khan and Tim Wu for Top Government Jobs
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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."


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