The antitrust researcher is known for her criticism of Big
Tech's immense market power. The Senate confirmed her nomination with a vote of
69 to 28 on Tuesday. Khan, who was nominated by President Biden in March, got
elevated to the post the same day.
"It is a tremendous honour to have been selected by
President Biden to lead the Federal Trade Commission," Khan said in a
statement. "I look forward to working with my colleagues to protect the
public from corporate abuse."
“Prior to becoming Chair of the FTC, Khan was an Associate
Professor of Law at Columbia Law School,” said the FTC website said. “She also
previously served as counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, legal adviser to
FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra, and legal director at the Open Markets
Institute.”
Khan’s scholarship on antitrust and competition policy has
been published in the Columbia Law Review, Harvard Law Review, University of
Chicago Law Review, and Yale Law Journal. She is a graduate of Williams College
and Yale Law School.
“The Biden administration’s designation of Lina Khan as
Chair of the Federal Trade Commission is tremendous news,” Sen. Elizabeth
Warren, who championed breaking up Big Tech in her 2020 presidential campaign,
said in a statement Tuesday. “Lina brings deep knowledge and expertise to this
role and will be a fearless champion for consumers.”
The FTC website says: “The Federal Trade Commission works to
promote competition, and protect and educate consumers. You can learn more
about consumer topics and report scams, fraud, and bad business practices
online at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Like the FTC on Facebook(link is external),
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Khan was born to Pakistani parents on March 3, 1989, in
London. At 11, she, along with her family, moved to the US