President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to lead the agency.
“I am pleased to appoint Andrew N. Ferguson to be the next Chair of the Federal Trade Commission. Andrew has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in our Great Country. Sworn in as a Commissioner on April 2, 2024, he will be able to fight on behalf of the American People on Day One of my Administration,” Trump wrote in a statement on Truth Social.
Ferguson has served as a Solicitor General of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and was an antitrust litigator at many Washington, DC, law firms. He also clerked for Judge Karen Henderson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, as well as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
The Federal Trade Commission is one of the two main agencies tasked with combatting anticompetitive practices, and reviews mergers and acquisitions.
Under Trump, the FTC will likely take a more hawkish stance against big tech.
Ferguson last week urged the FTC to investigate “unlawful collusion” between big tech platforms and called to stop advertiser boycotts,…
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