Amazon wants the FTC's new chair removed from any decisions surrounding Amazon because of her past criticisms of the company. ~ RN in TECH

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Jul 1, 2021

Amazon wants the FTC's new chair removed from any decisions surrounding Amazon because of her past criticisms of the company.
Amazon filed a petition for the new FTC chair Lina Khan to recuse herself from any decisions, including the FTC's current review of Amazon's MGM acquisition, and any Amazon antitrust investigations. They claim her past publications about Amazon demonstrate bias against the company. In 2017, Khan gained notoriety in the tech and antitrust law worlds when she wrote a widely-read paper titled "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox" about how Amazon has escaped antitrust scrutiny. Link