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Antitrust: Lina Khan, Joe Biden's choice that makes Gafa tremble

2021-03-29T19:46:47.993Z


PORTRAIT - This lawyer, favorable to the dismantling of Gafam, integrates the American competition authority.


The announced showdown between the Biden Administration and the tech giants will take place.

A brilliant 32-year-old woman carries on her slender shoulders the ambitious plan to strike a blow against the monopoly practices of groups such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple (Gafa).

Appointed on March 9 by Democratic President Joe Biden to the American Competition Authority (FTC) after careful screening by the FBI, lawyer Lina Khan has yet to pass under the caudine forks of the Senate, at a date not yet determined .

"Khan has been one of the brightest intellectual stars in the antitrust world, and has been for a good generation,"

argues Sarah Miller, director of the think tank American Economic Liberties Project.

She is unanimously hailed, even among those who disagree with her. "

Read also: Europe's plan to impose its rules on Gafa

Born in 1989 in London, to Pakistani parents, Lina Khan arrived on American soil at the age of 11.

After a university thesis in 2010 on the

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Source: lefigaro

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