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‘Different set of rules’: how FTC head Lina Khan is fighting tech giants such as Amazon

Lina Khan testifies during a Senate hearing on 21 April 2021.
Lina Khan testifies during a Senate hearing on 21 April 2021. Photograph: Reuters

Lina Khan has argued for years that the time has come to rein in some of the world’s largest tech companies. On Tuesday, she made one of her most high-profile moves when the agency she chairs, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.

Khan, 34, was appointed as chair of the FTC in 2021, becoming the youngest person in history and the most progressive in more than a decade to be appointed to the position.

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