Lina Khan became chair of the Federal Trade Commission two years ago on a promise to bring bold action against the biggest tech companies.
For too long, Ms. Khan said at the time, the agency had been a weak cop and needed to challenge behemoths like Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Google in the courts to stem their growing power.
But on Tuesday, Ms. Khan suffered the biggest blow yet to her hallmark agenda.
That followed a loss in February, when a judge rejected an F.T.C.
Ms. Khan’s critics are more emboldened and are speaking out more loudly to poke holes in her take-it-to-the-courts strategy, saying the losses are not even partial wins — they’re just losses.
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Organizations:
Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft, Google, Activision
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America