Outgoing FTC Chair Notes Bipartisanship on Big Tech

Lina Khan said Democrats and Republicans cooperated on competition and consumer protection during her tenure.

Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on July 13, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Lina Khan, the departing chair of the Federal Trade Commission, said that Democrats and Republicans cooperated on some competition and consumer protection issues during her tenure, including on Big Tech.

“There has been this bipartisan concern about what happens when we allow markets to become very dominated by fewer companies,” Khan said during a Jan. 8 conversation at the Brookings Institution in D.C. when asked about red state attorneys general joining FTC actions.