Trump taps 'pro-innovation' FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to lead agency after divisive Lina Khan

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Trump taps 'pro-innovation' FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to lead agency after divisive Lina Khan
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“Andrew has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in our Great Country,” Trump said.

Ferguson, one of two Senate-confirmed Republican FTC commissioners appointed by President Biden, will be “the most America First, and pro-innovation FTC Chair in our Country’s History,” Trump said.

“Andrew has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in our Great Country,” Trump said on his social media platform.Ferguson has said the agency should tackle perceived censorship of conservative viewpoints online. If social media platforms collaborate to suppress such views or advertisers coordinate pulling business from platforms such as Elon Musk’s X, they should be charged with violating US antitrust law, Ferguson has said.

“We must vigorously enforce the antitrust laws against any platforms found to be unlawfully limiting Americans’ ability to exchange ideas freely and openly,” Ferguson said in a recent . The agency became a political flashpoint under FTC Chair Lina Khan, who promoted antitrust enforcement as a check on corporate power.

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