One of Big Tech's biggest critics is joining the Biden administration

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Big Tech critic Tim Wu is joining the Biden administration to work on technology and competition policy on the National Economic Council, he says.

Big Tech critic and antitrust hawk Tim Wu has helped shape some of the most important debates around technology in the past decade.March 5, 2021, 3:23 PM UTCBig Tech critic and antitrust hawk Tim Wu is joining the Biden administration to work on technology and competition policy on the National Economic Council, he announced on Friday.

Wu’s writing has played a major role in advancing the idea that major tech companies should be broken up to reinvigorate competition, particularly through his 2018 book, “The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age.” Wu has recently taught antitrust law at Columbia University and previously worked at the New York attorney general’s office, the Federal Trade Commission and on the NEC under President Barack Obama.

 

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