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Trump Nominates FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson

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Andrew Ferguson , a current Republican commissioner on the FTC , to be the agency’s chair.

He has been an outspoken critic of large monopolies and called concentration in the technology industry “the competition question of our time” Ferguson broke with Khan on rule banning clauses in worker contracts that stop them from leaving one employer and working for a competitor.

He may seek to use antitrust laws to force social media platforms to promote conservative speech.

The incoming FTC chair is motivated by conservative grievances about online platforms in a way that is distinct from Khan .

Ferguson has weighed in on social media speech in other ways, too.

In a June interview, Ferguson defended some initiatives spearheaded by Khan 's FTC .

In that respect, Ferguson presents himself as an institutionalist, completely unlike Khan .

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