Fox News: Trump selects FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to chair agency

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Trump selects FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to chair agency

President-elect Trump has tapped Andrew Ferguson to serve as chair of the Federal Trade Commission, an anti-trust and consumer protection agency.......                    ...                        ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login has tapped Andrew Ferguson to serve as chair of the Federal Trade Commission, the anti-trust agency of which he already serves as a commissioner. ......"Andrew has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in our Great Country," Trump said in a Tuesday statement posted to his Truth Social network. "Andrew will be the most America First, and pro-innovation FTC Chair in our Country's History."......"Andrew will be the most America First, and pro-innovation FTC Chair in our Country's History," he added.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Ferguson is one of two Republican commissioners on the five-member panel chaired by Lina Khan. Ferguson, who also served as the solicitor general of Virginia, was appointed to the commission by You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and joined the FTC on April 2. ......The FTC is charged with acting as an anti-trust and consumer protection agency. ......The replacement of Khan likely means that the FTC will operate with a lighter touch when it comes to antitrust enforcement. The new chair is expected to appoint new directors of the FTC's antitrust and consumer protection divisions.......Khan became a lightning rod for Wall Street and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login by blocking billions of dollars' worth of corporate acquisitions and suing Amazon and Meta while alleging anticompetitive behavior.......Under Khan, the FTC blocked a proposed merger between Korger and Albertsons, two large supermarket chains which forged a $24.6 billion deal in 2022. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......On Tuesday, a judge halted the merger after the FTC filed a lawsuit to block the move, alleging it would lead to high prices and lower wages for workers. ......Ferguson's experience could signal continued scrutiny of large tech companies. ......In a statement earlier this month, he called for the prosecution of "unlawful collision" between online platforms that could limit "Americans' ability to exchange ideas freely and openly."......"In particular, we must vigorously enforce the antitrust laws against any platforms found to be unlawfully limiting Americans' ability to exchange ideas freely and openly," he wrote. ......The Associated Press contributed to this report. ...

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