Lina Khan—Led aggressive FTC antitrust enforcement against Big Tech as youngest-ever chair
As FTC Chair (2021-2025), Lina Khan pursued landmark antitrust cases against Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft. She filed a monopoly lawsuit against Amazon alleging anticompetitive practices harming sellers and consumers, sued to block Microsoft's $69B Activision acquisition (ultimately lost), and pursued Meta's acquisition of Within (VR fitness). She also enacted a ban on noncompete clauses and strengthened merger guidelines.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Protection | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Corporate Governance | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.750 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (critical ×2) × confidence (0.50)