I think for some time, issues of antitrust were viewed as somewhat arcane. — Lina Khan Antitrust Copy Share Image
The trajectory of the Web 2.0 era was not inevitable - it was instead shaped by a broad range of policy choices. — Lina Khan Choices Copy Share Image
Like many across government, the FTC is watching closely as the release of sophisticated AI tools creates both opportunities and risks. — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
We want open markets, rather than a lack of competition resulting in coercion. — Lina Khan Coercion Copy Share Image
We required AT&T to open up its patent vault. We ended up broking them - breaking them up. That ended up feeding… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
To stay ahead globally, we don't need to protect our monopolies from innovation - we need to protect innovation from our monopolies. — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
We heard from employees who, because of noncompetes, were stuck in abusive workplaces. — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
From our perspective, as an antitrust enforcer, we're supposed to protect competition in all markets. That includes labor markets. — Lina Khan Antitrust Copy Share Image
So, my job is to enforce the laws that Congress has written. And I'm very sympathetic to the idea that, you know,… — Lina Khan Business Copy Share Image
I think one challenge that agencies can face is when they shrink their own powers and authorities by not actually using the… — Lina Khan Congress Copy Share Image
Ruing the disappearance of a diverse candy market isn't just nostalgia. Fewer people concocting means dominant players have fewer reasons to innovate. — Lina Khan Candy Copy Share Image
I worry that there has been a perception in the market that businesses can sometimes get a free pass if they're too… — Lina Khan Business Copy Share Image
In the technology markets, we went through a couple of decades where we saw over 800 acquisitions by the five big players,… — Lina Khan Acquisitions Copy Share Image
When you have companies that are not disciplined by competition, oftentimes they can get away with abusing their customers; firms can become… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
Some of the most significant breakthrough innovations have historically come from the startups and the entrepreneurs and the small guys who are… — Lina Khan Breakthrough Copy Share Image
I think we've seen time and time again that when you have a company that has captured control over a key artery… — Lina Khan Business Copy Share Image
For most people, their everyday interaction with power is not with their representative in Congress, but with their boss. And if in… — Lina Khan Boss Copy Share Image
The FTC Act prohibits unfair or deceptive practices, and Congress didn't create a closed list or say that only applies to some… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
It's both exciting and unsettling to have a realistic conversation with a computer. Thanks to the rapid advance of generative artificial intelligence,… — Lina Khan Around the world Copy Share Image
One of the effects of antitrust becoming a more technocratic enterprise and arcane over the last few decades has been that in… — Lina Khan Business Copy Share Image
When you say something like, 'Well, there's a lot of visceral dislike of what our agency is doing,' I think you have… — Lina Khan Country Copy Share Image
Amazon knows that a lot of small businesses live in constant terror of Amazon, because they know that with the press of… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
Microsoft had captured control over the operating system. And the reason it was able to maintain that dominance is because there was… — Lina Khan Control Copy Share Image
In Washington, it's very easy to privilege just some set of voices and not another set of voices. And so we try… — Lina Khan Congress Copy Share Image
We want to make sure that major businesses are not exploiting their power to inflate prices for American families at the grocery… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
If you're deceiving people through algorithms, you don't get some type of free pass because you're saying, 'Oh, the machine did it.' — Lina Khan Computers Copy Share Image
Antitrust is really about making sure that companies are succeeding by competing on the merits. — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
Our obligation is to preserve competition and make sure that mergers are not unlawfully lessening competition. — Lina Khan Competition Copy Share Image
I think we need to be very wary of systems where it's the public that is carrying the burden of doing cleanup. — Lina Khan Burden Copy Share Image
There's a growing recognition that the way our economy has been structured has not always been to serve people. — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
What became clear is there had been a systemic trend across the U.S… markets had come to be controlled by a very… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
In some cases, companies may think it's worth the cost of doing business to risk violating privacy laws. — Lina Khan Business Copy Share Image
Technological breakthroughs can disrupt markets, spur economic growth, and change the nature of war and geopolitics. — Lina Khan Breakthroughs Copy Share Image
